Finch Delivers Responsibility Message

Ironically, perhaps the lone adjustment Finch needed to make in order to meet the standards was maintaining more…paperwork.

Equipped with degrees in forestry management, Cronin showed the group an impossibly detailed schematic of the parcel that entails the old Smith Farm, purchased in 1911 and reverted back to forest land (the company manages 166,000 acres in the Adirondack region in all). Oak and pine dominate the dozen species of trees on Smith Farm, and while less than 2 percent of the land managed is actually harvested, Finch uses 100 percent of every tree that is taken. The wood that is not incorporated into Finch product is sold to other markets, used as anything from landscaping mulch to household furniture.