White House Claims Record Timber Sales and Reforestation, With No Data Behind the Numbers

October 20, 2026

The message says that “last year” the President signed “two Executive Orders to increase domestic timber supply and reduce reliance on imports.” It credits them with “over half a billion dollars in new domestic industry investments,” annual industry earnings up “by over $5,600,” and Forest Service timber sales of “over three billion board feet… this year, the highest volume sold in almost three decades.” It also says the Forest Service reached “116 percent of our annual reforestation goal, the highest level in twenty-six years.”

Sources

• The White House, “Presidential Message on National Forest Products Week” (October 19, 2026): https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/10/presidential-message-on-national-forest-products-week-5753
• Executive Order 14225, “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production” (March 1, 2025): https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/06/2025-03695/immediate-expansion-of-american-timber-production
• Executive Order 14223, “Addressing the Threat to National Security From Imports of Timber, Lumber, and Their Derivative Products” (March 1, 2025): https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/06/2025-03693/addressing-the-threat-to-national-security-from-imports-of-timber-lumber-and-their-derivative
• “Establishing the President’s Make America Beautiful Again Commission” (July 2025): https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/07/establishing-the-presidents-make-america-beautiful-again-commission/