Trump Increases Logging Quota 25% To Prevent Fires, Bolster Logging Industry
by Joel B. Pollak Apr 8, 2025
The Trump administration has raised logging quotas 25% in America’s national forests as part of a bid to increase timber production in the face of tariffs — and to prevent fires by removing fuel and creating firebreaks. [emphasis, links added]
The San Francisco Chronicle reported:
In a move that could substantially reshape California’s natural landscape, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued an emergency order Friday to accelerate timber harvesting across nearly 113 million acres of national forests.
The directive, announced by USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, mandates a 25% increase in timber quotas nationwide, with particular focus on areas of California, including the Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Los Padres and Cleveland national forests.
The order is part of a broader initiative to address what the Trump administration has called a “forest health crisis.”
https://climatechangedispatch.com/trump-increases-logging-quota-25-to-prevent-fires-bolster-logging-industry/
