Nice thing about regular fires is that minus the fire ladder (of all that lower growth 'fresh vegetation'), the taller trees will survive most low intensity fires.  Have you tried to walk through a reprod area of new growth, say 10-20 year in?

I would hope reasonable people can find a compromise that brings some income to Oregon without damaging 'nature's choice' of what survives in the current wilderness areas.     Seems human screw such decision up a lot, mostly based on the expected income* of cut lumber.   

*I'm not opposed to making money, I'd just like to be sure we look at the value of Not cutting and how that affects the vast majority of the state work force that are no longer associated with the timber industry.   Timber no longer rules Oregon's economy.

Did you like the guest viewpoint today that talked about forest fire policies?