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Planning for a sustainable future has been fundamental to our company and culture since we were founded in 1900. Our current sustainability strategy, launched in 2020, is rooted in environmental stewardship, social responsibility and strong governance, building on strengths Weyerhaeuser has been developing for well over a century. It also amplifies our focus on integrating sustainability into all our businesses processes, and it intensifies our commitment to demonstrating the positive impacts of our work through our 3 by 30 Sustainability Ambitions. We invite you to learn about all the ways we are implementing our strategy in our recently released 2022-23 Sustainability Highlights report. #SustainableForestry #TheWeyerhaeuserWay
In celebration of World Elephant Day in August, our Lower Columbia Timberlands team in Oregon donated a truckload of logs to the Oregon Zoo Elephant Lands habitat. The 25-ton load of logs up to 40 feet long — a mix of Douglas-fir and maple harvested from Rainier, Oregon — will help encourage the Oregon Zoo’s five Asian elephants to be active as they would be in their natural environment. “We’re excited to provide these natural elements from our forest to help the elephants play and get the exercise they need,” says Steve Keniston, Lower Columbia area manager. “These are absolutely beautiful creatures, and it’s really rewarding to know our logs will contribute to their social and physical well-being.”
For the past 66 years, our Coastal Piedmont Timberlands and McKinnon seed orchard teams in Georgia have hosted a Forestry Field Day with the Georgia Future Farmers of America. The event has long been a great showcase of our company and career opportunities within our industry, and this April more than 300 middle and high school students from 10 Coastal Georgia counties gathered at McKinnon to learn about our operations and compete against one another in events that mirror actual forestry activities. “Forestry Field Day allows students to participate in many of the technical aspects of forestry for students in a fun and competitive manner,” says David Hornsby, Coastal Piedmont area manager. “The event creates a better understanding of what we do, and hopefully it encourages students to pursue forestry as an occupation.” #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #FutureForesters
For any tree nursery, sowing season is an enormously busy time, and our nursery in Magnolia, Ark., had to navigate this year's season with a small window of good weather and more new employees than usual who had to learn how to use specialized equipment in a short period of time. Their solution was to recruit help from colleagues at two of our other nurseries — Aiken, S.C., and Pearl River, Miss. — to shift between sites and help each meet its goals. “The resulting collaboration between all three sites didn’t just ensure that Magnolia met its targets — it led to the most efficient sows in the history of each nursery,” says Cory Johnson, a nursery production specialist in Magnolia. “And it created benefits in cross-training, safety focus and operational excellence.” #TheWeyerhaeuserWay #collaboration
What started as a one-time request for material donations from the Warrior Village Project, a nonprofit based in southern California, has turned into an ongoing partnership benefitting both veterans and students. Warrior Village uses product donations from our Fontana distribution center to support its program teaching San Diego-area high school students about construction trades by building affordable housing for unhoused veterans. “We’re able to provide something of value for the high school programs, and the kids building these houses get to learn about a trade,” says Steve Garcia, operations supervisor. “But most important to me is getting to help veterans who’ve served our country. I think any time we have an opportunity to give back to the people who’ve spent part of their life serving, we should.” #TheWeyerhaeuserWay
In March, our North Carolina Timberlands team voluntarily contributed 1,600 acres of our land to the state’s Registry of Natural Heritage Areas. The land spans six counties in the Coastal Plains region and is home to various rare and endangered species, including the coastal goldenrod (Solidago villosicarpa), which thrives in areas where coastal storms have blown down canopy trees, allowing sunlight into the forest. Coastal goldenrod is known to exist on fewer than 10 sites in the world, all in North Carolina — and two are on Weyerhaeuser property. “The North Carolina Timberlands team is proud to conserve this unique plant, and registration was an opportunity to codify our commitment to conserving it,” says Andrew Brown, environmental manager for our Virginia and Carolinas Timberlands teams. “Every day at work, our Timberlands teams think hard about managing the land in a way that’s a win-win for everyone and every species.” #sustainableforestry #TheWeyerhaeuserWay
The grand entrance to West New Bern preserves many of the pine trees planted years ago by our Timberlands team. The landscaping reflects Weyerhaeuser’s timberlands presence in North Carolina. After years of planning and coordination with residents and city officials, construction on the community’s first residential and commercial structures started in late 2020. West New Bern is marketed as “The Next Direction in Carolina Living,” and the traffic circle was designed to suggest a compass, which is part of the West New Bern branding. Whether it’s a mixed-use residential development like West New Bern or an industrial park, our Development team approaches every project open to feedback and with careful attention to detail, knowing success is only possible with local engagement, input and partnership. #TIMBERLANDS #GREAT COMMUNITY SUPPORT #WORKING TOGETHER #CUSTOMERFOCUS #ONEWEYERHAEUSER
Last year, we partnered with the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission and the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Division to remove a damaged crossing on the Saline River, a picturesque 80-mile waterway that's popular with recreationists and also home to rare aquatic species that now have unimpeded access to 25 miles of habitat. "We hope [this project] will be a catalyst for similar projects across Southern Timberlands that will strengthen relationships with important agency partners, promote safety and improve passage for aquatic organisms,” says Clay Mangum, Southern Timberlands environmental management systems manager based in De Queen, Arkansas.
Following a devastating tornado that struck southeastern Oklahoma last November, Weyerhaeuser provided a $100,000 grant to the city of Idabel to support immediate clean-up efforts, and many of our employees in the area volunteered to help rescue and response operations. After the holidays, the team at our Timberlands office in nearby Broken Bow also donated and helped plant several thousand trees to help hard-hit neighborhoods recover from storm damage. “They’ll grow a foot or more a year and will be taller than the average person in less than a decade,” says Bekah Allen, a planning forester at the Broken Bow office. “That means the impact on the community will be felt for decades to come as the saplings grow and reach maturity.” #TheWeyerhaeuserWay
In 2017, when Alberta’s Aseniwuche Winewak Nation needed better methods for tracking and documenting cultural heritage sites, our Alberta Timberlands team stepped in to help fund and launch a multi-year project that empowered AWN to better preserve its history, including in the forests we manage in the province. “We’ve enjoyed a strong relationship with AWN for more than 25 years,” says Lyle Dechief, senior provincial forester for Alberta Timberlands. “We’ve always sought AWN’s input as we developed harvest plans, but the documentation of some of their culturally significant sites wasn’t as comprehensive or detailed as anyone would have liked.” Learn more about how the new data tools are helping preserve AWN's heritage and helping our teams respectfully plan harvest, thinning and treatment activities. #TheWeyerhaeuserWay
