BURLINGTON, VT -- The Boy Scouts of America received the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) President’s Award.

SFI said the award recognizes the Boy Scouts of America for leadership in embracing third-party forest certification and educating youth about the value of sustainable forest management.

“This is a natural partnership -- the Boys Scouts of America and SFI share both respect for our forests and a keen interest in showing youth the immense value of sustainable forest management,” said SFI President and CEO Kathy Abusow, who presented the award at the SFI annual conference. “The Boy Scouts are leading by example -- encouraging Scouts to explore and understand the multiple benefits of our forests and certifying their lands and their award-winning magazine to the SFI standard.”