timber

For decades, the Forest Service adhered to a policy of total fire suppression to protect valuable timber harvests.

They supply the U.S. with food, medicine, cars, timber and electronics.

Biologists elsewhere conducted similar efforts on public lands to pave the way for commercial timber sales.

There are also concerns about the availability of basic building materials, including bricks and timber.

The three nations are America’s top trading partners, supplying the U.S. with food, medicine, oil, cars, timber and electronics.