FSC Flooring From Pioneer Forest and Smith Flooring Is Available For Residential and Commercial Projects. 

**Meets Highest Standards for Ecological Forest Management**

(Lewis and Clark State Office Building in Jefferson City with the FSC Certified hardwood flooring from Smith Flooring)

(Smith FSC-Certified flooring in the Crowder College display home featured at the National Mall.)

(Homeowner installation of certified flooring in St. Louis) 

Beautiful  ·  Durable, Lasts a Lifetime  ·  Superb Insulator  ·  Easily Cleaned  ·  Reduces Allergens

It is available in: St. Louis , Mountain View , Springfield , and Kansas City , Missouri . Smith Flooring is distributed nationally in most major markets, including Chicago , Philadelphia , Seattle , Portland , and San Francisco .

You may contact the L-A-D Foundation directly for initial inquiries: 314-621-0230.

Or email us at: info@ladfoundation.org

Displays and information can also be seen at:

Home Eco 4611 Macklind Ave. St. Louis , MO 63109

The Earthways Center 3617 Grandel Square St. Louis , MO 63108

Forest Stewardship Council Certification

The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is a non-profit organization devoted to encouraging the responsible management of the world's forests. Their certification requires sustainable forest management and is the only system that tracks forest products from the forest to the consumer using third-party verification. In 2002 Pioneer Forest invited a team from Smartwood to inspect the entire forest for certification under the FSC-certification program. In February of 2003 we were awarded Smartwood/FSC Certification (Certificate from Smartwood to inspect the entire forest for certification under the FSC-certification program. In Fe(SW-COC-234).

 Working together with our own primary and secondary producers, we called on Value Missouri to begin to assemble the chain of custody for producing FSC-certified consumer products here in Missouri . Value Missouri represents timber land owners, companies from Missouri ’s forest products industry, and members of regional environmental groups. Altogether they represent nearly 185,000 acres of managed timber and 190 direct jobs. Value Missouri’s partners include: Pioneer Forest--the largest privately-managed forest in Missouri; Smith Flooring of Mountain View; sawmills Mercantile Lumber of Van Buren and Harper's in Summersville; and forester Doug Enyart of Piedmont. Over a short period of time Value Missouri has established the complete chain-of-custody for hardwood flooring which begins with trees sustainably managed and harvested from Pioneer Forest .

Following the initial rough cut lumber from the sawmill, Smith Flooring processes that product into consumer-ready flooring and has established a long-standing reputation for delivering "the natural wood grain beauty and vivid coloration found only in the slow-growing timber of the Ozarks." This provides, not only consumers, but also engineers, architects, and builders here in Missouri and nationally, with FSC-certified flooring. For consumers it offers an opportunity to purchase from environmentally-friendly businesses. For architects and builders it offers a product which meets the U.S. Green Building Council's national standard for "green buildings" through their Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System.