Trump order calls for immediate expansion of timber production

Trump executive orders to increase logging in national forests

Will Trump Develop Alaskan Oil and Gas?

Trump’s executive order aims to revive Alaska’s oil and gas industry, but legal, environmental, and economic challenges may hinder investment.

Trump's plan to cut down more trees faces a host of problems

The Trump administration's plan to boost timber production on federal lands faces pushback about wildfires, environmental concerns and economics.

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 …

President Donald Trump signed an Order in Council on March 1 to substantially increase logging in the United States in order to reduce dependence on Canadian imports, a decision that could undermine the protection of threatened species and increase the risk of forest fires.