VIDEOS: BLM Foresters Remove Hazardous Trees To Keep Communities Safe -09/23/24

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Removing hazardous trees to keep public roads safe
Removing hazardous trees to lessen mega wildfires

Where: Applegate Valley, BLM Medford District, Oregon

Contact: Jeanne Panfely, jpanfely@blm.gov

Medford, Ore. –  Some of the most important work Bureau of Land Management foresters do is the removal of hazardous trees. These dead and dying trees make roads unsafe to travel, fuel larger wildfires, and put firefighters in danger.

By removing them, the BLM keeps local communities safe!

In the linked video (above), the BLM Medford District's Mike Vanderberg, supervisory forester, shares more information on the importance of hazardous tree removal.

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The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in the 11 Western states and Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In fiscal year 2018, the diverse activities authorized on BLM-managed lands generated $105 billion in economic output across the country. This economic activity supported 471,000 jobs and contributed substantial revenue to the U.S. Treasury and state governments, mostly through royalties on minerals.