Sustaining our environment and upholding Best Forest Management Practices have always been at the core of W. M. Cramer Lumber Company's guiding principles. Our business as well as our philosophy begins with the understanding that shared prosperity depends on maintaining a healthy balance between our business world and the natural world around us.

Did You Know?

  The US has over 28% more standing timber than in 1952.

  There are 82% more hardwoods than 40 years ago.

  Each year, six trees are planted for every one that is harvested.

  Harvesting large, mature trees in a hardwood forest lets enough
   sunlight reach the forest floor to stimulate new growth.

  The forests and trees are a renewable natural resource.

  Wood is recyclable, biodegradable and durable-sometimes lasting for centuries. When it is no longer    needed, it can be returned to the earth.

  Steel building materials consume 3 times as much energy as wood and 16 times as much clean
   water.

  Trees, like humans, have a natural life span. Once they reach maturity, which varies depending on
   the species, growth slows down, decay sets in and they eventually die.

  Trees, which are dying, give off carbon dioxide rather than absorb it. Young fast growing trees
   absorb the most carbon dioxide while giving off the most oxygen.

  Forest managers can guide forests toward old-growth, but because a forest is a dynamic, living thing
   it cannot be preserved forever. Even a preserved forest will eventually succumb to fire, wind, insects
   or disease, and a new forest will grow to take its place.