SCS Annual Audit Report 2003

FSC Certification Report for the 2003 Annual Audit of: Mendocino Redwood Company Certificate Number: SCS-FM/COC-00026N Under the SCS Forest Conservation Program (An FSC-Accredited Certification Program) Date of Field Audit: September 24-25, 2003 Date of Report: December 2003 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 Mendocino Redwood Company P.O. Box 390 Calpella, California 95418 Contact: Mike Jani, Chief Forester Web Page: www.mrc.com 1.2 General Background This report covers the third annual audit of Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC) pursuant to the FSC guidelines for annual audits as well as the terms of the forest management certificate awarded by Scientific Certification Systems in October 2000 (SCS-FM –00026N). All certificates issued by SCS under the aegis of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) require annual audits to ascertain ongoing compliance with the requirements and standards of certification. 1.3 Natural Forest Management System The 232,000 acre MRC land base lies within two major forest types: the redwood forest type which occupies a thin band of land along the coast of California from Monterey County to the Oregon border and the Douglas-fir dominated type which lies to the east of the redwood zone and is characterized by drier site ...