US EditionTrump order calls for immediate expansion of timber production
- President Donald Trump signed actions on March 1, 2025, to boost domestic lumber production and directed the Commerce Department to investigate lumber imports' national security risks.
- The actions aim to streamline timber supplies, lower housing costs, and improve wildlife habitats, according to a senior White House official.
- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse plans to reintroduce The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, which seeks to protect over 23 million acres in the Northern Rockies.
- NREPA will conserve significant lands, designate roadless areas as wilderness, and contribute to combating climate change.
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Trump executive orders to increase logging in national forests
Trump order: Logging can skirt Endangered Species Act, reviews
President Donald Trump took action last weekend to increase domestic logging by circumventing environmental protections and to staunch the flow of imported timber and lumber products into the country, primarily from Canada.
Politicians can demand more logging in the Black Hills, but they can’t make trees grow faster • South Dakota Searchlight
A portion of the Black Hills National Forest after an overstory removal northwest of Custer, along the Custer Limestone Road. In an overstory removal, the Forest Service contracts with loggers to remove mature trees, while leaving younger trees to grow. (Courtesy of Dave Mertz)Does the Black Hills need a viable timber industry to help manage its forests? Absolutely. Recently, U.S. Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds, U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson and …
Trump orders call to expand timber production. What does it mean for Oregon?
The Trump administration’s executive orders calling for the “immediate expansion” of timber production on federal lands appear poised to kick off a new chapter in how Oregon’s vast forests are managed — but what that will actually look like remains…
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