Silver City, NM — On March 1, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “The Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production,” seeking to rapidly expand domestic timber production. The order was announced before President Trump’s tariffs on Canada took effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. …Many public land advocates and conservationists are sounding the alarm on the order’s potential consequences on decades of conservation efforts. Randi Spivak, who serves as the public lands policy director at the Center for Biological Diversity, said this order will have long-term consequences on the health of public lands. …Those within the logging industry see the executive order as an opportunity to boost local economies and revive an industry that has struggled for the last few decades. American Loggers Council Executive Director Scott Dane spoke on the order and what it means for the domestic logging industry.