Dwight Lewis Lumber Company, Inc. - Rainforest Alliance

Certified by:
SmartWood Headquarters
65 Millet St. Suite 201
Richmond, VT 05477 USA
Tel: 802-434-5491
Fax: 802-434-3116
www.smartwood.org
Contact person: Jon Jickling
jjickling@ra.org
Audit Managed by:
United States Regional Office
101 E. Fifth St., Suite 208
Northfield, MN 55057
Tel: 507-663-1115
Fax: 507-663-7771
Contact person: Dave Bubser, US
Regional Manager
Email: dbubser@smartwood.org
Forest Management
2007 Annual audit
Report for:
Dwight Lewis Lumber
Company, Inc.
in
Hillsgrove, Pennsylvania, USA
Certificate code:
Auditors:
Chris Nowak
Audit Dates: November 1, 2007
Report Finalized: January 7, 2008
SW-FM/CoC-1674
ACCREDITED
FSC-ACC-004
Operation Contact:
Melvin Lewis and Tim
Fenstermacher
Address: P.O. Box A, Route 87
Hillsgrove, Pennsylvania
18619-0901
© 1996 Forest Stewardship Council A.C.
FM-06 April 2007

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................3
2. AUDIT FINDINGS AND RESULTS ........................................................................................................3
2.1. AUDIT CONCLUSION...................................................................................................................................... 3
2.2. CHANGES IN THE FOREST MANAGEMENT OF THE FME ............................................................................... 3
2.3. STAKEHOLDER ISSUES ................................................................................................................................. 3
2.4. CONFORMANCE WITH APPLICABLE CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUESTS .......................................................... 3
2.5. NEW CORRECTIVE ACTIONS ISSUED AS A RESULT OF THIS AUDIT ............................................................... 5
2.6. AUDIT OBSERVATIONS .................................................................................................................................. 6
3. AUDIT PROCESS ..................................................................................................................................7
3.1. AUDITORS AND QUALIFICATIONS: ................................................................................................................. 7
3.2. AUDIT SCHEDULE.......................................................................................................................................... 7
3.3. SAMPLING METHODOLOGY: .......................................................................................................................... 7
3.4. STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION PROCESS.................................................................................................... 7
3.5. CHANGES TO CERTIFICATION STANDARDS.................................................................................................. 7
APPENDIX I: List of visited sites (confidential) ..............................................................................................9
APPENDIX II: List of stakeholders consulted (confidential) .........................................................................10
NoneAPPENDIX III: Forest management standard conformance (confidential)..........................................10
APPENDIX III: Forest management standard conformance (confidential) ..................................................11
APPENDIX IV: Chain of Custody Conformance (confidential).....................................................................15
APPENDIX V: FSC Annual Audit Reporting Form: ......................................................................................17
APPENDIX VI: SmartWood Database Update Form ...................................................................................20
APPENDIX VII: Group management conformance checklist (confidential) .................................................21
Standard Conversions
1 mbf = 5.1 m 3
1 cord = 2.55 m 3
1 gallon (US) = 3.78541 liters
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 foot = 0.3048 m
1 yard = 0.9144 m
1 mile = 1.60934 km
1 acre = 0.405 hectares
1 pound = 0.4536 kg
1 US ton = 907.185 kg
1 UK ton = 1016.047 kg
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1. INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this report is to document annual audit conformance of Dwight Lewis Lumber
Company (DLLC), hereafter referred to as Forest Management Enterprise (FME). The report
presents the findings of SmartWood auditors who have evaluated company systems and
performance against FSC forest management standards and policies. Section 2 of this report
provides the audit conclusions and any necessary follow-up actions by the company through
corrective action requests.
SmartWood audit reports include information which will become public information. Sections 1-3
will be posted on SmartWood’s website according to FSC requirements. All appendices will
remain confidential.
Dispute resolution: If SmartWood clients encounter organizations or individuals having concerns
or comments about Rainforest Alliance / SmartWood and our services, these parties are strongly
encouraged to contact SmartWood regional or Headquarters offices directly (see contact
information on report cover). Formal complaints or concerns should be sent in writing.
2. AUDIT FINDINGS AND RESULTS
2.1. Audit conclusion
Based on Company’s conformance with FSC and SmartWood requirements, the audit
team makes the following recommendation:
Certification requirements met, certificate maintenance recommended
Upon acceptance of CAR(s) issued below
Certification requirements not met:
Conformance with Major CAR(s) required
Additional comments: None
Issues identified as
controversial or hard to
evaluate.
None
2.2. Changes in the forest management of the FME
A property was added to the certified pool (225 acres, Baumunk Family Tract, Overton
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania). The total certified area is now 17,331 acres with
46 properties. There have been no other changes in the FME’s forest management system.
2.3. Stakeholder issues
There were no stakeholder issues identified during the audit.
2.4. Conformance with applicable corrective action requests
The section below describes the activities of the certificate holder to address each applicable
corrective action issued during previous evaluations. For each CAR a finding is presented along

with a description of its current status using the following categories. Failure to meet CARs will
result in nonconformances being upgraded from minor to major status with conformance required
within 3 months with risk of suspension or termination of the SmartWood certificate if Major CARs
are not met. The following classification is used to indicate the status of the CAR:
CAR Status
Categories
Closed
Open
Explanation
Certified operation has successfully met the
CAR and addressed the underlying
nonconformance.
Certified operation has not met the CAR;
underlying nonconformance is still present.
CAR becomes a Major CAR with a 3 month
deadline for conformance
CAR 09/05 Reference to Standard: 6.3
Nonconformance
Major Minor
DLLC had little information on ecological characteristics of adjacent
forested stands or frequency, distribution, and intensity of natural
disturbances, nor were landscape patterns used to formulate
management decisions.
Corrective Action Request: DLLC shall incorporate in its management plan and decisionmaking
process consideration of landscape pattern, ecological characteristics of adjacent
stands, species requirements, and frequency, distribution, and intensity of natural
disturbances.
Timeline for conformance: Within 2 years of certification
Evidence to close CAR:
CAR Status:
Follow-up Actions (if app.):
DLLC has incorporated into its management plan and forest
management decision-making process considerations of
landscape pattern, ecological characteristics of adjacent
stands, species requirements, and frequency, distribution, and
intensity of natural disturbances. Guidelines for considering
these factors are outlined in DLLC’s Forest Management Plan
Section 4: Managing Forest Resources – General Policies.
CLOSED
None
CAR 10/05 Reference to Standard: 7.1
Nonconformance Forest-level maps were missing important elements.
Major Minor
Corrective Action Request: DLLC shall develop forest-level maps that focus on relevant
landscape-level factors, including property boundaries, roads, areas of timber production,
forest types by age class, topography, soils, areas of cultural and customary use, locations of
and habitats of RTE and sensitive species, designated High Conservation Value Forest and
associated elements, and riparian zones. In addition, a simple, forest-level vicinity map of all
properties must be produced that shows the 46 different parcels.
Timeline for conformance: Within two years of certification
Evidence to close CAR: Forest-level maps are available for each property that includes
the required elements. A map showing all of the DLLC
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CAR Status:
Follow-up Actions (if app.):
properties has been produced.
CLOSED
None
CAR 11/05 Reference to Standard: 7.1
Nonconformance Property maps were missing required elements.
Major Minor
Corrective Action Request: DLLC shall develop and implement policy and procedure for
mapping timber harvest activities at the stand level, including new stand boundaries, landings,
wetlands, springs, vernal pools, rock outcroppings and other special features.
Timeline for conformance: Within two years of certification
Evidence to close CAR: Property-level maps are available for each property that
includes the required elements.
CAR Status:
CLOSED
Follow-up Actions (if app.): None
CAR 12/05 Reference to Standard: 8.4
Nonconformance
Major Minor
The DLLC monitoring plan specified that discrepancies between
outcomes and expectations shall be evaluated annually to effect
necessary changes in management and practice, but the assessment
team was not provided with physical evidence that this monitoring
activity actually occurs.
Corrective Action Request: DLLC shall provide SmartWood with written evidence that its
monitoring activities include annual evaluation of discrepancies between outcomes and
expectations.
Timeline for conformance:
Evidence to close CAR:
CAR Status:
Follow-up Actions (if app.):
By the time of the second annual audit
Written evidence was provided to the auditor that showed that
monitoring activities include annual evaluation of
discrepancies between outcomes and expectations. DLLC has
incorporated in its monitoring log book a form to make
evaluations of management activities on an on-going basis.
CLOSED
None
2.5. New corrective actions issued as a result of this audit
CAR 01/07 Reference to Standard: GC 2
Nonconformance
Major Minor
The group manager has only informally made a full disclosure of all
forest areas over which the GM has some responsibility. Formal,
documented justification for exclusion of forestlands from certified pool
has not been provided.
Corrective Action Request: DLLC shall provide SmartWood written disclosure and
justification for the exclusion of forest lands owned and management by the group manager,
but are not included in the certified pool.
Timeline for conformance: By the time of the third annual audit
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2.6. Audit observations
Observations are very minor problems or the early stages of a problem which does not of itself
constitute a non-conformance, but which the auditor considers may lead to a future nonconformance
if not addressed by the client. An observation may be a warning signal on a
particular issue that, if not addressed, could turn into a CAR in the future (or a pre-condition or
condition during a 5 year re-assessment).
OBS 01/07 Reference Standard & Requirement: 6.3.c.1, 6.3.c.2, 6.3.c.5
DLLC was unsure how to manage waste wood on a landing associated with whole-tree
chipping.
Observation: DLLC should conduct further research into Best Management Practices
associated with management of waste fines and chips from whole-tree harvest operations and
develop written policy and procedure to guide future practice.
OBS 02/07 Reference Standard & Requirement: 6.3.b.4, 6.3.c.3, 6.3.c.5
DLLC is planning pre-salvage operations for white ash, prior to the anticipated invasion and
outbreak of non-native emerald ash borer, which is expected to decimate ash populations in
the eastern hardwood region over the next decades. DLLC was found to have developed a
viable mental plan consistent with current, science-based knowledge, but they should
document this plan in writing.
Observation: DLLC should develop written policy, plan and procedures for pre-salvage
operations of white ash in association with the anticipated invasion and outbreak of emerald
ash borer. This policy and procedure should be developed prior to pre-salvage activities, and
should include documentation that shows how the pre-salvage work relates to pertinent FSC
standards.
OBS 03/07 Reference Standard & Requirement: 6.7.e
At an ongoing timber harvest site, the auditor observed an area where waste was observed to
have been piled on site in manners that may have led to small incidences of site contamination
with petroleum products.
Observation: DLLC should formally develop procedures for the proper management of all
waste oil, filters, containers, litter and other forms of waste created during a harvest operation
in a manner that avoids contamination.
OBS 04/07 Reference Standard & Requirement: 6.9.a
DLLC uses seed that includes non-natives, such as orchard grass and vetch. These species
were observed to have germinated and developed only in the areas seeded, but it was unclear
as to whether or not these and other non-native in seed mix might spread into the forest from
the seeded areas.
Observation: DLLC should develop policy and procedure for using non-native plants in seed
mixes and monitoring of said plants and their spread into non-seeded areas of the forest.
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3. AUDIT PROCESS
3.1. Auditors and qualifications:
Christopher A. Nowak, PhD (Auditing role: FSC Lead Auditor, Forester) – Associate
Professor. PhD, MS, and BS in Forest Resources Management from SUNY College of
Environmental Science and Forestry-Syracuse; AAS in Forest Technology from SUNY College
of Environmental Science and Forestry-Wanakena. Experience: Associate Professor of
Forestry at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (9½ years, current); 5½
years as a Research Forester at U.S. Forest Service’s Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Irvine,
PA; 6 years as a Research Scientist with Research Foundation of SUNY, Syracuse, NY; 2
years as a land surveyor in western NY. FSC certification experience since 1997: peer
reviewer, auditor, assessment team member, or lead assessor/team leader for 34 FSC Forest
Management assessments or audits across the eastern hardwood region. Lead
Assessed/Team Led assessments totaling over 2,000,000 acres of forest land in the
Northeastern United States. TRAINING: Team Leader Training, Forest Certification
Assessment, SmartWood, June 1-2, 2001, Minneapolis, MN; SmartWood US Auditor
Procedure Training, SW Audit Procedures, September 29, 2005 (distance learning, web and
conference call).
3.2. Audit schedule
Date Location /Main sites Principal Activities
November
1, 2007
DLLC Office,
Hillsgrove, PA
General discussion of audit procedure; review of
progress on CARs; planning for field site visits.
November Ogdonia Tract Field review of forest management activities.
1, 2007
November
1, 2007
Baumunk Family
Tract
Field review of forest management activities.
Total number of person days used for the audit:1
= number of auditors participating 1 times total number of days spent for the audit 1
3.3. Sampling methodology:
The Ogdonia Tract was chosen because it may be the future area of intensive timber harvest
of white ash in response to potential loss of ash via the emerald ask borer. An ongoing timber
harvest was the reason why the Baumunk Family Tract was chosen for visitation.
3.4. Stakeholder consultation process
Stakeholders were not contacted in association with this annual audit.
3.5. Changes to Certification Standards
Forest stewardship
standard used in audit:
Revisions to the standard
since the last audit:
Final Appalachia (USA) Regional Forest Stewardship Standard
Version 4.2
No changes to standard.
Standard was changed (detail changes below)
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Changes in standard:
Implications for FME:
None
Not applicable - no new requirements
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