More than 400 forestry groups urge Trump to act
Friday 12 Sep 2025
More than 400 associations, businesses, and landowners representing the
forest products sector have signed a joint letter to President
Donald J. Trump urging immediate action to address an escalating
crisis threatening America’s timber supply, rural economies, and
energy security.
The effort, led by the Forest Landowners
Association, the American Biomass Energy
Association, and the American Loggers
Council, underscores the urgency of stabilizing the American
forest sector and its access to markets in the face of mounting mill
closures, devastating natural disasters, and unfair foreign trade
practices.
The letter follows President Trump’s March
1st Executive Order directing federal agencies to boost
domestic timber and wood product production. Signatories warn that
without decisive action, the nation risks losing its forestland base,
critical markets, and millions of jobs that depend on a healthy forestry
value chain.
The coalition calls on the Administration to advance four immediate
solutions:
- Endorse and support the Disaster Reforestation
Act – Ensure landowners can recover after
catastrophic natural disasters and replant their forests.
- Expand the definition of woody biomass in the Renewable Fuel
Standard – Open new markets for low-value wood while
boosting renewable energy production.
- Promote biomass for electricity – Create
new rural jobs and reduce wildfire risks while expanding renewable
power.
- Support the Loggers Economic Assistance
Act – Provide direct relief for logging contractors,
stabilizing the sector’s critical workforce.
“America’s private forests are a strategic national
asset,” said Scott Jones, Forest Landowners Association CEO.
“By advancing these measures, the Trump Administration can provide
certainty for landowners, loggers, and mills, while strengthening
domestic manufacturing, renewable energy, and rural livelihoods.”
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Source: Forest Landowners
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