Tree Hazards

Staying Safe From Falling Trees and Branches

Beware: Branches and trees may fall whether or not they are dead, and when there is no wind.

• Keep eyes and ears open. Run if you hear cracks or snapping from tree roots, trunks, or branches. Sometimes there is no sound.
• Don’t linger or camp under dead, cracked, broken, or hanging branches, or under trees that are rotten at the base or have cracked bark peeling off the trunk.
• Report close calls to a ranger.