We've had so much tree damage over the years that they haven't really cleaned up that it might be hard to tell what's new and what's old. We had to go around quite a few downed trees last weekend, so I'm sure it's really bad out there now.
Is that land state or federal forest? or park?
In parks here, they leave things alone... but in the working timber, they'd clean and salvage and replant. Is that area some kind of set aside nature area, or is it logged?