Outside of the Park Service, which doesn't like to do anything much like this, you know that the FS gets in trouble every time it tries to either treat or remove wood. Some groups are afraid that a lumber company will make a dime off of the wood...they would rather let your area burn.
You are correct.
The USFS is harrassed by the Sierra Club lawyers.
If the politicians would allow the foresters to use science to make their decisions, we would not be in this mess.
Having weak, emotional judges over rule the scientists is crazy. Worse, it is no way to manage a forest.
These lawyers and judges do not have the training, education, nor decades of experience to be making forestry decisions. And the lawyers do not have the passion of managing for a healthy forest.
That is what I mean about being a bad neighbor.