Trump Admin Takes Action – 176,000 Sq Miles!

Trump Admin just cleared the path to quadruple logging in national forests — while eco-warriors squeal, common sense Americans know exactly which side they’re on.

At a Glance

  • Trump administration removed environmental safeguards on 176,000 square miles of forest land to speed up logging
  • Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins declared a “forest health crisis” citing wildfires, insects, and disease as justification
  • Timber industry hopes to increase harvests from current 3 billion board feet to closer to the legally allowed 6 billion board feet
  • Environmentalists claim the move benefits timber companies rather than addressing wildfire concerns
  • The directive eliminates public objection processes and speeds up environmental reviews for logging projects

Making American Forests Great Again

While the radical left obsesses over spotted owls and old-growth forest “feelings,” the Trump administration has taken decisive action to address what’s actually happening in our nation’s forests. In a bold move that has environmentalists clutching their recycled pearls, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins rolled back forest protections across more than half of all national forest lands. This emergency designation affects a whopping 176,000 square miles — primarily in the West but also including the South, Great Lakes, and New England — and aims to boost lumber supplies while tackling legitimate forest health issues.

For anyone who’s actually been in our national forests lately (hint: not the coastal elites making policy decisions from their high-rise apartments), it’s painfully obvious these lands are in serious trouble. Catastrophic wildfires have become the norm rather than the exception. Insect infestations are decimating entire mountainsides. Yet for decades, environmental extremists have blocked sensible management that could have prevented this disaster, bringing timber harvests down from 12 billion board feet decades ago to a measly 3 billion today.

Cutting Through the Red Tape

The Trump directive gets straight to the heart of the problem by cutting through the endless red tape that’s been strangling forest management. It eliminates the objection process that environmental groups have weaponized to delay critical projects for years. It speeds up environmental reviews that have become nothing more than bureaucratic exercises in futility. And it directs the Forest Service to increase timber volume by 25% over the next four to five years. These are common-sense measures that any rational person would support.

“National Forests are in crisis due to uncharacteristically severe wildfires, insect and disease outbreaks, invasive species, and other stressors”, says Brooke Rollins.

Let’s be crystal clear: This has nothing to do with climate change, despite what the environmental alarmists would have you believe. It’s about addressing real, observable problems in our forests that have been getting worse under misguided management policies. It’s about creating American jobs in rural communities that have been devastated by the decline in timber harvesting. And it’s about reducing our dependence on foreign lumber imports, which Trump has rightly identified as a national security issue.

Exposing the Green Hypocrisy

Right on cue, the environmental lobby is pushing its tired narrative that this is all about profits for “Big Timber.” Earthjustice senior legislative counsel Blaine Miller-McFeeley couldn’t help but reveal his true agenda when he complained that the timber industry would be harvesting larger, more mature trees. Heaven forbid we actually cut trees that provide the lumber Americans need for homes and furniture! The Biden administration’s approach of focusing on smaller, less profitable trees while proposing more restrictions on old-growth forests was nothing but virtue signaling at the expense of American workers.

“This industry needs a raw supply to remain competitive and keep the doors open”, says – Travis Joseph.

What the green extremists will never admit is that properly managed forests are healthier forests. Thinning overcrowded stands reduces competition for water and nutrients, making remaining trees more resilient to insects and disease. Removing fuel loads decreases wildfire intensity. And yes, harvesting mature trees before they die naturally allows us to put that carbon into long-lasting wood products rather than watching it burn up in catastrophic wildfires. But don’t expect logic or reason from the same crowd that thinks economic prosperity and environmental protection are mutually exclusive.

America First Forest Policy

The contrast couldn’t be clearer. While Democrats placate their radical environmental base by locking up our resources, the Trump administration is putting America first by maximizing the sustainable use of our abundant natural resources. Federal law already allows for the harvest of about 6 billion board feet annually — twice what we’re currently cutting. This directive simply aims to bring us closer to what Congress has already authorized, creating jobs and economic opportunity while addressing legitimate forest health concerns.

This common-sense approach to forest management is exactly why American timber workers and rural communities overwhelmingly support President Trump. They understand that real environmental stewardship means active management, not preservation at all costs. They’ve watched their communities wither as radical policies decimated their industry. And they know that the same people who claim to care about the environment are perfectly happy to import lumber from countries with far fewer environmental protections than the United States.

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