Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 14072: Strengthening the Nation's Forests, Communities, and Local Economies

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Directed agencies to inventory mature and old-growth forests, develop climate-smart stewardship, reduce wildfire risk, support forest economies and combat global deforestation.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 14072 still in effect? No. Executive Order 14072 was revoked. See Federal Register record.

Forests, a ranger, timber work and a community appear beneath distant wildfire smoke.
Forest stewardship and community policy, illustrated symbolically; not an inventory map, identified logging operation or proof of a particular forest's legal status. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14072 do?

Agriculture and Interior were assigned a mature and old-growth forest inventory; other agencies had separate stewardship and deforestation tasks.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedApril 22, 2022
Lead officialsAgriculture/Forest Service, Interior, State, USAID and OMB
Express timingOne-year forest inventory; reports and strategies within 90–365 days

Before and after

Before the order

Federal forest management addressed wildfire, timber, conservation and climate through separate statutes and agency plans.

After the order

Forest Service and BLM completed a mature and old-growth inventory and proposed management changes. The 2025 administration withdrew the proposed amendment and redirected forestry toward timber production; no express rescission located erases completed inventories.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Agriculture and InteriorInventory mature and old-growth forestsOne year
AgenciesDevelop climate-smart stewardship and wildfire actionsStaged deadlines
State and USAIDPlan action against international deforestationOne year

What happened next

EO 14072 signed.