USDA invests $200M to boost timber and rural economies

U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced a 0 million investment to implement the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service’s National Active Forest Management Strategy to increase timber harvest, improve forest health and productivity, reduce wildfire risk and support rural prosperity in forest communities. The strategy supp orts President Trump’s executive order calling for the immediate expansion of timber production by streamlining burdensome regulations, leveraging emergency authorities and expediting project approvals to ensure faster access to critical timber resources. The strategy to increase the use of long-term contracts to carry out these projects envisions a more stable supply...

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