President Donald Trump on June 12 signed an executive order focused on wildfire prevention and response that includes language aimed at finding innovative uses of woody biomass and forestry products.&nbsp;One section of the executive order focuses on strengthening wildfire mitigation. As part of that effort, Trump has directed the USDA and U.S. Department of the Interior to “consider promoting, assisting, and facilitating, as consistent with applicable law, innovative uses of woody biomass and forest products to reduce fuel loads in areas at risk of wildfires.”&nbsp;Other provisions in the executive order focus on efforts to streamline federal wildland fire governance, encourage local wildfire preparedness and response, and modernize wildfire prevention and response.&nbsp;A full copy of the executive order is available on the White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/06/empowering-commonsense-wildfire-prevention-and-response/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery">website</a>. &nbsp;

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President Donald Trump on June 12 signed an executive order focused on wildfire prevention and response that includes language aimed at finding innovative uses of woody biomass and forestry products. 

Executive order encourages federal efforts to find innovative uses for woody biomass

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