Trump administration axes logging protections for national forests to prevent wildfires

Published June 24, 2025 4:19pm ET



A nearly 25-year-old rule that prohibits logging on national forest land is being halted by the Trump administration in order to reduce the risk of wildfires, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Monday. 

The move comes after multiple instances of feuding between Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) over the governor’s responses to wildfires in the Golden State over recent years. 

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