Lavern Heideman & Sons Limited is proud to meet and exceed the stringent harvesting guidelines on both its crown and private operations. We promote good forest manage-ment on private lands through our management services provided at no cost to the landowner. Under this program the landowner may enter into a forest management agreement with the company.

In 1999 Mr. Edison Heideman, President of Lavern Heideman & Sons Limited, was presented with the National Forest Stewardship Recognition Award. This was presented, “in recognition of his efforts to practice careful logging, with respect for other forest users, and to ensure that the public is aware of what his operations were trying to achieve. The thinnings he has carried out will certainly result in healthier forests for the future, making him a ‘model’ forest operator.” www.whc.org

The goals of the private land management program are to:

• Meet and exceed landowner objectives for management of their property,
• Yield a reasonable financial return for the landowner,
• Ensure protection of all values,
• Ensure that forestry operations are conducted in an environmentally sound manner that will improve the quality of the forest.

The forest management agreements serve the landowner by:

• Describing the responsibilities of both the company and the landowner,
• Providing a description of the woodlot,
• Providing a forest operations prescription,
• Outlining the harvesting standards,
• Providing for long term management,
• Providing a schedule of payments from the company to the landowner.