It began in the early 70s. First it was Old Growth, then the fish, then the Owls, then this and that.
The last seminar I was at last year a report was read about how to expect fire to triple in devastation by the year 2030.
After that, it will be all burned over and then the burned over areas will have multiple layers of timber that had fallen over by previous fires and on it will go from there.
IMO, the only way to handle this debacle now is to set up massive biomass power plants and get in and clear up that mess and then replant after-if anything will grow after those fires that is. There is no surface soil in areas that have burned hot now, so it wont support regeneration.
Maybe seeding by air, pinus banksiana..Jack Pine?
My St Helens was declared dead for decades or centuries after it erupted. Het, the next spring new life emerged.
The irony about the spotted owl is that the primary cause of the population reduction was another type of owl that was predatory. In the areas of forest they’ve migrated to, logging has had no impact on them.