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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

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MESCALERO Apache Reservation

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“Caring for the land -- and serving people”

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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

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Forest Management

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Forest Benefits

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Healthy Forest Products Industry Needed

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Restoration Challenges Bark beetle mortality, Central Rockies

Upper South Platte River, postfire damage

Wildfire

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Taking wood utilization to the next Level

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