Annual Audit Report Nipissing Final 10-28-04

FSC Certification Report for the 2004 Annual Audit of: THE NIPISSING FOREST under the Sustainable Forest Licence of NIPISSING FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Certificate Number: SCS-FM/COC-00055N Under the SCS Forest Conservation Program (An FSC-Accredited Certification Program) Date of Field Audit: July 5, 6 &7, 2004 Date of Report: October 15, 2004 Scientific Certification Systems 2000 Powell Street Suite 1350 Emeryville, CA 94608 SCS Contact: Dave Wager, Program Director 1.0 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION NIPISSING FOREST RESOURCE MANAGEMENT INC. P.O. Box 179 128 Lansdowne Avenue East Callandar, Ontario P0H 1H0 Contact: Peter Street; General Manager Web page: http://www.nipissingforest.com/ 1.2 General Background This report covers the first surveillance audit of the Nipissing Forest under the Sustainable Forest Licence (SFL) of Nipissing Forest Resource Management Inc. (NFRM) pursuant to the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) and SCS (Scientific Certification Systems) guidelines for annual audits as well as the terms of the forest management certificate awarded by SCS in May 2003 (SCS-FM/COC-00055N). All certificates issued by SCS under the aegis of the FSC require, at a maximum periodicity, annual audits to ascertain ongoing compliance with the requirements and standards of certification. NFRM is owned by a group of shareholders which are R. Fryer Forest Products ...