Verso Paper Provides Grant to Expand FSC Certification

Verso Paper, Memphis, Tenn., announced it is providing a $100,000 grant over two years to the Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands (TCNF) to expand participation in the organization’s Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) group certification program.

The program seeks to identify small, family forest land owners and certify their lands to the FSC forest management standard. The Verso grant will provide resources to expand the program throughout the six states currently covered under the group—Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York and Vermont—with a goal of 100,000 additional acres certified after the first 12 months.