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I have a row a pines (blue spruce & ?) along one properly line that are
30'-40' tall. Most of the lower branches are dead, I assume because they
are no longer getting any light because the upper branches. Is it ok to
remove these branches so that the trunk is clean up to about 5 feet from
the
ground?

Yes - we trim our evergreens ( cedar,hemlock, fir & spruce) all the time.
The deer also trim them if we don't.