IIRC, burned trees are of less value than live ones for lumber products and that might be the major sticking point.
No one is going to put out the money necessary to even come close to solving this issue.
I’ve been to Colorado/NM several times over the last few years, am aware of the problem and how widespread it is. A lot of the wood is inaccessible.
Here’s an interesting article about uses fort he dead wood:
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_5500493
Burnt timber is useless. I meant harvest the trees before a fire starts.
Though some tree are inaccessible, harvesting those that are accessible would have diminished the fire danger before it started.