[Ray Zee]

we are just bitter hdpm. the logging companies wont give us millions of dollars to pass thru legislation to line their pockets, so our views are tainted.

it is the big old trees that tend to survive the forest fires as they have the thick bark. so when they thin they always take most of those in the pretext of having to make some money while doing this job for the people of the state.
what actually happens is that the forest canopy is opened up and more heat gets in and dries out the floor. then when a fire come by it is much more intense and moves more quicky and harder to control.
dead and rotten trees in the forest probably provide more benefit than the big tall living ones for the life that resides there. without that the whole ecosystem starts falling apart. from the bottom up.