Arthur "Butch" Blazer
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Taking wood utilization to the next Level Arthur “Butch” Blazer Deputy Undersecretary Natural Resources and Environment
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Arthur "Butch" Blazer's powerpoint presentation at the "Shifting Seasons: Great Lakes Forest, Industry, Products, and Resources Summit"
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Taking wood utilization to the next Level
Arthur “Butch” BlazerDeputy Undersecretary
Natural Resources and Environment
MESCALERO Apache Reservation
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“Caring for the land -- and serving people”
Forest Action Plans• State-specific strategies for diverse
forest lands• The best thinking on fighting threats to
forests from wildfire, insects, disease, and development
• Preserve a natural legacy for generations to come
Forest Management
Forest Benefits
Healthy Forest Products Industry Needed
Restoration Challenges Bark beetle mortality, Central Rockies
Upper South Platte River, postfire damage
Wildfire
Taking wood utilization to the next Level
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