"The Fascist president, in an executive order, has demanded an expansion in tree cutting
across 280 million acres
(113m hectares) of national forests and other public lands,
claiming that “heavy-handed federal policies” have made America reliant on foreign imports of timber."
"the executive order is built on a lie, as Trump falsely claims that more logging will curb wildfires and protect communities, while the overwhelming weight of evidence shows exactly the opposite.”
Hanson said logging alters the microclimate of forests, creating hotter and drier conditions that helps wildfires, such as the events that recently ravaged Los Angeles, to spread faster."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/trump-national-forest-executive-order
"the amount of logging in national forests surged under Biden amid a rush of tree felling
ahead of expected restrictions on old-growth cutting. Biden,
under pressure from Republicans and the timber industry,
halted the old-growth protection plan in January
and Trump officially killed off the executive order in his first day back in the White House.
Trump’s shift towards a more industry-friendly stance has been underlined by his choice of a lumber executive lead the Forest Service, which has just fired 2,000 workers"
"Tom Schultz, previously a vice-president of Idaho Forest Group, which sells wood,
will be the next Forest Service chief,
overseeing the management of 154 national forests
and 193 million acres of land, an area roughly the size of Texas."
"the Idaho Forest Group includes the Laclede Mill, which produces timber for export.
Schultz replaces Randy Moore, a soil scientist who was the first black person to lead the Forest Service"
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"In 2008, these two industry powerhouses merged to become Idaho Forest Group. The company continues to expand in facilities and market share, and is now one of America’s top producers of wood products. "
https://ifg.com/about-us/history/
"I believe family values are the foundation of Idaho Forest Group and what we stand for.”
– Marc Brinkmeyer, Chairman"
"lumber producer with capacity of well over one billion board feet per year and markets around the globe"
ain't that a scenic clear cut.
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On a different note:
" Countries have made ambitious pledges to plant billions of trees to remove greenhouse gases and tackle global heating. The UK has committed to plant 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of trees each year by 2025 and maintain the rate until 2050, the European Commission has pledged to plant 3 billion
trees across member states by 2030, and
the US under the previous administration committed to planting 1 billion trees by the same date."
Countries have made ambitious pledges to plant billions of trees to remove greenhouse gases and tackle global heating.
The UK has committed to plant 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of trees each year by 2025 and maintain the rate until 2050, the European Commission has pledged to plant 3 billion trees across member states by 2030, and
the US under the the previous administration
committed to planting 1 billion trees by the same date.
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