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cherida collins smith chair of the board number of employees appx . 650 2010 website www.collinswood.com collins wood redirects here . for the australian community see collinswood south australia . the collins companies which began operations in 1855 is a family owned american forest products company . headquartered in portland oregon collins was the first privately owned forest products company in the united states to have all of its hardwood and softwood forests certified by the forest stewardship council fsc . in addition to its forests and sawmills collins also manufactures siding and trim particleboard hardwood and softwood lumber and operates retail hardware and lumber yards in northern california . the collins companies include collins pine company collins hardwood llc collins products llc collins builders supply and the almanor railroad . contents 1 environmental commitment 2 history 2.1 19th century 2.2 20th century 2.3 21st century 3 sawmill locations 4 fsc certified forest locations 5 retail locations 6 closed locations 7 see also 8 further reading 9 notes 10 external links environmental commitment edit collins has committed to being responsible partners in land and resource management with a policy of change through leadership . collins asserts that third party independent certification of forest lands is the best way to ensure the viability of the total forest ecosystem . 1 the company is also a member of forest stewardship council . in 1997 collins began integrating the principles of the natural step an international organization dedicated to assisting organizations around the world use a systems based approach to sustainable practices . 2 by adopting the natural step principles collins is working towards bringing sustainability to all their business operations . 1 as a commitment to land and resource stewardship collins joined climate leaders a u.s. environmental protection agency partnership to develop climate change strategies . collins has committed to reducing greenhouse gases by 18 % by 2010 . 3 history edit 19th century edit truman doud td collins began what was later known as the collins companies in 1855 at turkey run near whig hill pennsylvania . he and five others including his brother joseph van halen jv collins bought a steam mill and timber from john alexander . by 1864 td collins bought out the remaining partners including his brother . 20th century edit before td collins died in 1914 he owned along with others a large number of sawmills in the tionesta valley of pennsylvania over 60 000 acres 240 km2 of timberland the tionesta manufacturing company the nebraska box mill the mayburg chemical plant plus over 100 miles 160 km of logging railroad 41 miles 66 km of main line 25 locomotives several oil companies and a bank . married to mary stanton collins they had one son everell es stanton collins . following td s death everell took over the company . he moved the company westward purchasing forestlands in northern california washington and oregon . by the time he died in 1940 es collins would oversee the operations of 15 timber logging railroad and pulp & paper companies in four states in addition to moving the company headquarters from pennsylvania to portland oregon . following his father truman w. collins became president . during his years in the timber business he began implementing sustainable forest management practices . these practices contributed to the collins companies becoming the first privately owned forest products company in the united states to become certified by the forest stewardship council . truman collins continued the family s charitable works including founding among others the collins foundation the collins medical trust and the collins mcdonald trust . following truman s death in 1963 truman s brother in law elmer goudy took over the presidency followed by his son alan collins goudy . truman s wife maribeth wilson collins also became involved in the company serving first as president of the collins foundation and later as chair of the board of the collins companies . 21st century edit in 2005 maribeth collins stepped down and her daughter cherida collins smith became chair of the board of the collins companies ; maribeth s son truman w. collins jr. became president of the collins foundation ; and her son terry collins a forester with the company became president of the collins timber company . sawmill locations edit collins hardwood kane pennsylvania ; richwood west virginia collins softwood chester california ; lakeview oregon collins pine particleboard klamath falls oregon truwood siding & trim klamath falls oregon fsc certified forest locations edit collins almanor forest softwood chester california 4 collins lakeview forest softwood lakeview oregon 5 collins pennsylvania forest hardwood kane pennsylvania 6 retail locations edit collins builders supply chester california ; oroville california ; paradise california ; chico california closed locations edit collins pacific albus tree farm hardwood boardman oregon . closes september 2016 . 7 see also edit list of companies based in oregon further reading edit collins pine lessons from a pioneer isbn 1 55963 621 1 island press 1999 06 01 . the collins story isbn 0 9766777 0 9 isbn 0 9766777 1 7 0 97667 772 5 2005 zuckerman seth . old forestry sierra . vol . 77 no. 2 march april 1992 p. 44 notes edit a b the collins companies philosophy the natural step the collins companies profile retrieved 6 29 2009 climate leaders the collins companies profile retrieved 6 29 2009 collins almanor forest chain of custody certification by scs collins lakeview forest chain of custody certification by scs collins pennsylvania forest chain of custody certification by scs giegerich andy . collins closes boardman plant lays off 67 workers . american city business journals . retrieved 23 july 2016 . external links edit the collins company website scientific certification systems the collins foundation the collins medical trust winderemere books retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the collins companies & oldid 731122254 categories forest products companies of the united statescompanies based in portland oregonprivately held companies based in oregoncompanies established in 1855hidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2008all articles needing additional referenceswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2009articles needing cleanup from june 2009all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles without a reason field from june 2009wikipedia pages needing cleanup from june 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 23 july 2016 at 03 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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