President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that significantly expands logging on federal lands, removing environmental protections and fast-tracking timber sales. The order directs agencies to ramp up tree cutting across 280 million acres of national forests, bypassing key safeguards under the Endangered Species Act and rolling back regulations that previously limited deforestation. Environmentalists and conservation groups have strongly condemned the move, calling it an unprecedented attack on public lands.
Prioritizing Industry Over Conservation
Trump’s order claims that “heavy-handed federal policies” have made the U.S. dependent on foreign timber and that increased logging is necessary for national and economic security. The directive eliminates regulatory hurdles to allow more timber production and instructs agencies to streamline permitting for logging projects. It also calls for emergency powers to override environmental protections that prevent the destruction of old-growth forests, home to countless species.
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Critics claim that corporate logging interests are the only reason behind this action. The Sierra Club denounced the decision, saying, “This executive order will decimate our federal forests. It will use tax dollars to line the pockets of corporate logging interests, undermine environmental laws, and take public forests …
