There are 23 program participants in Georgia representing industrial forest owners, forest products manufacturing and private foundations.

Across North America, SFI program   participants have 34 million acres   informal or informal conservation      and wildlife agreements.   Additionally, they have more than   19,000 miles in cooperative fisheries   management agreements. Both   have significantly increased since   the program's inception.

On some 4 million SFI program acres in Georgia, SFI participants have put SFI principles into action:

•Protecting more than 40 special sites featuring rare plants,unique geological features or historical sites. •Planting 750 million seedlings since 1995. •Protecting more than 40 special sites featuring rare plants, unique geological features or historical sites.

•Planting 750 million seedlings since 1995. •Working with the state and other groups including the Georgia Wildlife Federation, Partners in Flight and The Nature Conservancy to enhance wildlife habitat and ecosystem protection on participant lands. SFI program participants that own forests manage their lands to ensure the sustainability of forests and all of the benefits they provide, including forest products. SFI participants also work with groups like The National Wild Turkey Federation and Ducks Unlimited that also endorse the SFI program at the national level.