Trump, national forests

New Trump executive orders to increase logging in national forests, could threaten wildlife
President Trump signed executive orders to increase lumber production across national forests and other public lands in the U.S., but wants to sidestep endangered species protections and other environmental regulations.
Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests
The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry.
Trump’s Logging Order Unleashes Chainsaws on America’s National Forests
President Trump on Saturday signed an executive order aimed at undermining safeguards for endangered wildlife and bypassing other environmental protections to radically increase logging and road building on hundreds of millions of acres of national forests and other public lands.
Crews continue to battle wildfires across all 4 NC National Forests
On Saturday night, the North Carolina Forest Service reported nearly a dozen fires across all four forests of the National Forests in North Carolina.
President Trump signs executive order unleashing forest management after LA wildfires
President Trump signed an executive order that looks to federal forest management following the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
Wildfire risk to rise as national forests face increased logging under Trump
As the Trump administration continues to slash regulation and push for an increased domestic supply of lumber, national forests are likely to be logged.
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Executive Order Sparks Controversy Over Oregon's Forests
From 'drill, baby, drill' to 'log, baby, log!' On Saturday, President Trump directed federal agencies to find ways to bypass ...
Cuts to national parks and forests met with backlash as summer nears
Employees who maintained America's most wild places say they are concerned for public safety, and for wildlife.
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Merkley chooses fired Ochoco National Forest worker as his guest at President Trump’s address to joint session of Congress
Oregon, announced Monday that his guest to President Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday evening will ...
Federal cuts hit Northwest national forests, bringing ‘bleak time’ to U.S. Forest Service
The pack of mules, 16 in all, live with seven horses at a U.S. Forest Service property called Eightmile Ranch in the Methow ...
Top official at White River National Forest, the U.S.’ most-visited national forest, takes federal buyout
The U.S. Forest Service is now tasked with finding someone who fits Fitzwilliams’ pay grade who can replace him in an interim ...
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U.S. Forest Service firings across Oregon having serious impacts on people, places and things
The Trump administration’s mass firings of federal employees are being felt especially hard in rural communities across ...
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Terminated Forest Service employees to join Colorado lawmakers at Trump’s Joint Address to Congress on Tuesday
President Donald Trump is scheduled to give his first joint address to Congress since taking office in January. In addition to lawmakers from both chambers, guests of senators and representatives will ...
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Northland national parks and forests were already strained. Then came Trump administration cuts
A couple dozen probationary federal employees at the region's national parks and forests lost their jobs in the “St.
Fear, confusion over staffing cuts roil National Park Service
The turmoil comes at a critical time as millions of visitors are expected at Massachusetts national parks this year, ...