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

Logging expected to ramp up in local forests

Logging may be expanded in local forestland under a series of recent federal actions that have pleased industry but worried conservation groups.

Experts dubious of Trump logging push

California experts are dubious over President Donald Trump’s claims that his directive opening up well over half of the country’s forests to logging will reduce wildfire risk and “save American lives.”

Logging poised to accelerate in Allegheny National Forest under emergency declaration

Swaths of Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania could be on the chopping block as the federal government moves to increase logging in national forests across the country.

Log in the Boundary Waters? Trump administration says it got map wrong

The U.S. Forest Service will not log in designated wilderness areas like the Boundary Waters, federal officials clarified, days after issuing an emergency order intended to boost logging on national forest land throughout the country. The order, issued last week, 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 timber production on those…

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…