It may seem disconnected, thinking about trees during a war. Trees, however, provide many uses depending on the type of wood, which was in heavy demand during WWII.
More wood was used than steel, with uses such as building crates, chairs, desks, and so much more, according to a publication just after the war by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. As some of you may have saw, B.Historical has a pop-up exhibit at Goodwin State Forest for pole work relating to telephone poles. The same report mentioned above states that Southern Pine, Western Red Cedar, and Northern White Cedar work best for telephone poles. These were used in the home-front and overseas.
There were numerous posters advertising for private tree farms to sell their trees to U.S. Forestry. This poster below is one of many examples.
There was multiple publications about the best ways to burn wood as fuel, publications about why wood was needed, and so on.
The U.S. Forestry was just one of the many organizations helping to support the war efforts anywhere possible. Check out the Forestry locations near you, you may learn a thing or two!