Executive orders could result in increased logging in national forests, including Wayne National Forest

Trump logging policy isn’t solution to wildfires

HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington Wildfire is a serious threat in our state, impacting our communities and the wild places we cherish. Yet, we must be wary of misguided responses, such as the recent Trump administration memo directing increased logging on 60 percent of our national forests under the false pretense of a “wildfire emergency.” Trump logging policy isn’t solu…

Executive orders could result in increased logging in national forests, including Wayne National Forest

NELSONVILLE — To reduce America’s reliance on imported lumber, the Trump Administration wants to increase the amount of timber harvested from federal lands, including Wayne National Forest.

‘Opportunity or Crisis’: WSU Professor Joins Call For Caution in Logging Expansion

PULLMAN, WA – A Washington State University professor is one of a dozen researchers who signed an open letter noting that a proposed expansion of logging on federal lands may have some benefits — but that the firing of forestry experts and cuts in research could undermine that potential. The result, they say in the letter published Thursday at the website of the journal Science, could harm wildlife, increase wildfire risk and eliminate irreplace…

Unknown how Trump order to increase logging will affect SQF

President Donald Trump on March 1 ordered expanded timber production, and the new Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, on April 3 issued a memorandum calling upon the Forest Service to do just that.

Vermont Expands National Forest with White Rocks Gateway Acquisition - Modern Campground

In March 2025, nearly 500 acres known as White Rocks Gateway were formally added to Vermont’s Green Mountain National Forest through a conservation project led by the Trust for Public Land. The national forest itself spans about 821,000 acres a news account states, while White Rocks Gateway sits adjacent to approximately 270,000 acres of other conserved lands. The parcel, measuring 464 acres in official documents, rises over 1,000 feet from the …