Wood Procurement

Discover how we can help turn your forest into value

Our Services

  • Stacked Logs - Freeman Lumber Canada

    We Buy Logs

    We purchase white pine, spruce, fir, hemlock, and red pine sawlogs or studwood 8ft to 16ft long from anywhere in Nova Scotia.

  • Stumpage - Freeman Lumber Canada

    We Buy Stumpage

    We purchase standing timber directly from landowners.

  • Land - Freeman Lumber Canada

    We Buy Land

    We purchase land from private landowners, even if it's been forested or recently harvested. These forests are managed for long term benefits, maintaining healthy wildlife habitat and forest ecosystems.

Wood Procurement.

Effective wood procurement involves the responsible management of natural resources, ensuring sustainable practices in timber and forest land stewardship. Collaborating with a professional forester to understand timber value is crucial in this process, as it helps balance economic objectives with ecological impacts to maintain forest health.

sustainably managed forest - Freeman Lumber Canada

Chain of Custody

Freeman Lumber is committed to providing consumers with wood products harvested from sustainably managed forests. We have established a chain of custody system to ensure our lumber is produced from sustainably managed forests.

  • We encourage forest landowners to follow sustainable forest management practices.

  • We track the origins of logs purchased from wood suppliers.

  • We work with trusted wood suppliers to avoid buying raw materials from unknown sources.

  • We monitor and document the volume of logs harvested from forest lands certified to internationally recognized sustainable forest management standards.

  • We maintain a management system to ensure the tracking of forest products conforms to all wood standards, including Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC).

  • We communicate information about our chain of custody system to our customers and other interested parties.

  • We manage forests according to SFI Forest Management standards, ensuring sustainable and responsible forestry practices.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We cut building lots but do not provide tree removal near housing. Please contact a local arborist if you require tree removal near your home.

  • Stumpage is the value of standing timber that a landowner sells. A stumpage agreement is a contract that outlines the terms for selling the right to harvest timber from a property, including payment details and operational guidelines. The landowner receives payment based on the timber's value, and the buyer handles the logging process.