Trump administration rolls back forest protections in bid to ramp up logging

Agriculture Secretary's memo opens up 80 percent of Los Padres Forest to expedited logging

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. – A secretarial memo issued Friday by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins created an Emergency Situation Determination for 112,646,000 acres of national forest lands, opening the federally protected areas up to commercial logging. According to a map about the determination's changes from the U.S. Forest Service published on March 28, 2025, most of the determination includes federally protected forests in the Western…

No Boundary Waters logging, feds say after including it in timber harvest map

DULUTH — The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified Tuesday evening, days after issuing an emergency order intended to boost logging on national forest land throughout the country. The order, issued Thursday, declared an emergency on some 113 million acres of national forest land, citing wildfire risk or damage by insects and diseases, and called for an increase in ti…

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America Is Backsliding Toward Its Most Polluted Era

A third of Americans still breathe unhealthy air after decades of improvements—which the Trump administration wants to roll back.

Trump administration will fast-track reviews to ramp up logging in Wisconsin

The Trump administration is speeding up environmental review of logging projects on more than half of the country’s national forests.

Trump administration could boost logging in Francis Marion. How much is anyone's guess.

The Trump administration has announced plans to boost logging operations across South Carolina's federal forests. The feds contend it will help support the ailing milling industry.