Native to the Andes mountain range in the temperate forests of Argentina and Chile, lenga is a deciduous hardwood that is well suited for cabinetry, furniture and other fine wood finished products.

In 1992 Trillium purchased nearly one million acres on Tierra del Fuego that included 500,000 acres of lenga forest in both Chile and Argentina.

The intent was to establish a game-changing model of forestry management and milling practices that protected social, economic and environmental interests in equal measure.

Toward that end, Trillium developed and committed to the Rio Condor stewardship principles, which were based on independent scientific study of the forest.

Due to extreme opposition from a variety of interests, Trillium ultimately lost the Chilean land to outside investors. While the timberland holdings were broken up, the stewardship principles remain intact as Trillium continues its forestry operations in Argentina (Lenga Patagonia) on a much smaller scale.

Meanwhile, under Forestal Trillium de Venezuela, the firm owned and operated an OSB manufacturing facility. The plant produced 410,000 cubic meters of OSB annually for export to U.S. and South American markets.