Trump takes actions to increase lumber supplies and curb wood imports

[mahatmakanejeeves]

If you’ve seen one tree, you’ve seen ‘em all.

POLITICS
Trump takes actions to increase lumber supplies and curb wood imports

BY JOSH BOAK
Updated 6:30 PM EST, March 1, 2025

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production, including a directive for the Commerce Department to investigate the possible harms that lumber imports pose to national security.

The U.S. president signed an executive order to increase the possible supplies of timber and lumber and possibly lower housing and construction costs. The goal is to streamline the permitting process by salvaging more wood from forests and expand how much wood product can be offered for sale, according to a senior White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the actions on a call with reporters.

The official said the order would also help prevent wildfires and improve the habitat for animals. The order would streamline the permitting process for obtaining wood products.

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https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/immediate-expansion-of-american-timber-production/

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-the-threat-to-national-security-from-imports-of-timber-lumber/

[Girard442]

1. Yet another TSF plan to get more wood doomed to failure.

[brush]

4. Yeah, like an executive order will order trees to grow faster.

We officially live in kakistocracy now...governed by the most unsuitable member among us.

[Lovie777]

2. Destruction of our national forest....

and shithole musk republicans will fuck that up too.

[Lonestarblue]

3. Yes there will be fewer forest fires when we have no trees left.

[House of Roberts]

5. We bought 2x4s yesterday.

Spruce 2x4s in Lowes from Germany, and they were picked over so we went to Home Depot, and theirs were from Sweden. Why do they want to put tariffs on lumber from Canada? Apparently, it's still cheaper for lumber to ride across the ocean on a ship instead of on a train from a little ways north of here?

[eppur_se_muova]

6. This reeks of Koch brothers influence ...

Koch recently bought Georgia-Pacific and has huge investments in forestry products. Hard to find out how much -- a Google search yields mostly favorable views of Koch Industries on financial/investment Web sites and only a tiny number of sites featuring criticism of Koch Industries. Et tu, Google ?

https://archive.thinkprogress.org/the-koch-brothers-are-now-funding-the-bundy-land-seizure-agenda-901b90b3e1c6/

https://publicintegrity.org/politics/kochs-web-of-influence/

https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/publication/nature/companies/koch-industries/