Podcast Vegetation
Preventing Tree-Caused Outages
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REC's Casey's Hollins, Managing Director-Communications and Public Relations, explains how the Cooperative's Vegetation Management team works year-round to proactively prevent tree-caused outages and shares important safety tips for members.

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