Anderson Hardwood Floors (Clinton, S.C.) was presented the Hardwood Forestry Fund (HFF) Gifford Pinchot Award on July 22. The award recognizes significant corporate achievements in promoting sustainable forestry. According to the HFF, Anderson was recognized because it has invested significant time and money educating people about America's vast and renewable forest resources; raising the bar on the sourcing of legal products; leading efforts to expand tree replacement in national forests; converting wood waste to energy; and taking an industry leadership role in providing customers with environmentally conscious green products from around the world. Gifford Pinchot is considered to be the United States' first forester. He was the first chief of the U.S. Forest Service, and he founded the Society of American Foresters and served as its first president.
