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Executive Order Increases Timber Harvest

President Donald J. Trump signed the order March 1 for the "Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production," including on federal lands.

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An executive order was issued to increase the harvest of timber on federal lands, citing the importance of timber to the U.S. economy and the need for forest management to reduce the risk of forest fires. The Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture will publish updated guidance on increasing timber production, improving forest management, and reducing the time to deliver timber by April 1.

Read the full Presidential Action here.

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