Department of Agriculture
Julius Johnson, Commissioner

Tennessee's state forest management is being examined by an independent, third-party auditor to assess the state forest qualifications to be FSC forest management (FM) and chain of custody (COC) certified. The third-party auditor is SmartWood which is a Rainforest-Alliance program that is accredited by FSC to conduct assessments and certify to FSC that an organization meets the FSC Principles and Criteria.

Part of the assessment process requires notification of stakeholders and other interested parties that an assessment is being conducted and the method for public comment. Any comments or input you may provide should be directed to SmartWood. Your comments will only be available to FSC and/or SmartWood staff, unless you wish your comments or input to be made public as described in the notification.

Please click on file below to view the SmartWood notification briefing document.

Download - TDF_FSC_Cert_SW_Assessment.pdf

Note: The document is in Portable Document Format (PDF) and requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view it. If you have problems downloading or viewing the file, contact David Todd, State Forest System Manager, to get a copy by mail. Please include your name, street address, city, zip code and phone number with your request.

Email: David.Todd@TN.gov

Address:

David Todd, State Forest System Manager
Tennessee Department of Agriculture
Division of Forestry
PO Box 40627
Nashville, TN 37220

Phone: (615) 837-5539