‘This is a call to action’: BLM wants to log dead and dying trees in Southern Oregon

On a cold, windswept ridge above the Applegate Valley near Ruch last week, a group of specialists with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service looked across a forested landscape showing patches of red-colored Douglas fir trees, the victims of drought and beetle infestation.

The group of six, which met with journalists and a local resident, warned about the threat posed by the dead and dying trees, which can fuel a severe wildfire.