In recent years the American Jewish community has been the target of a campaign that tries to argue that Jews are religiously obligated to support each and every green fad.
Lumber is but another bounty of the earth, put there to be utilized and exploited by man.
Where it is in man's interest that a species not become extinct, this interest still needs to be traded off against all other of man's interests. There is no reason why man's needs, desires, material consumption, comfort or pleasure cannot weigh more than man's interest that a particular snail or flower not become extinct. Hence, there is no theological reason why housing, food, recreation, transportation, etc., cannot count for more than preserving this or that species. There is no reason why each and every forested area need be preserved as such. If it is in man's interest that a particular forested area be developed or cut, for housing, industry, etc., there is no reason why this should not take place.