Let's see, group selection logging, thinning and fuel breaks. Sounds exactly like the
Herger/Feinstein Quincy Library Group plan that passed congress in 1994 (with a House vote of 429 to 1). So, with nearly unanimous support, why hasn't that plan been implemented? For the same reason NOTHING will be done in the Sierra Nevada until the people realize the government forest management will NEVER work OR until a few enterprising folks figure out how to take it from them.
Anybody interested in that possiblity should start with the necessary education. There is an alternative; and it starts with private property.
For the same reason NOTHING will be done in the Sierra Nevada... Ahh come on, burning it to a crisp employs lots of people. Remember, where there is smoke, there is money :0)