Serving the Big Horn Basin for over 100 years

Supervising nearly 500,000 acres of land

BLM district forester plans for long-term forest health

Tracie Mitchell, Staff Writer | Sep 03, 2015
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Bureau of Land Management Forester Jim Gates measures a tree in the BLM forest.

WORLAND – The Bureau of Land Management forester takes care of the BLM forests by being in the field 90 percent of the time.

There are three BLM foresters in the state and Jim Gates is the forester for the Bighorn Basin/Wind River District. "I work for the district, which is the three field offices, Worland, Lander and Cody," BLM forester Jim Gates said.

The amount of land that the BLM district fo...