On March 1, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14225, entitled “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production,” with the purpose of immediately expanding domestic timber production free from “heavy-handed Federal policies” that protect forest health.
The Order directs the Agriculture and Interior Departments to take a handful of actions to facilitate this expansion. The Order also requires all agencies to streamline permitting related to timber production and to use the emergency provisions of the Endangered Species Act to circumvent the Act's protections.