Can someone explain to me what is going to happen?
Briefly, the forest in the area in question is far too dense. I believe there are about 140 trees per acre. That is unhealthy for the forest and it could be a VERY serious fire danger should a fire hit that area. Also with all these trees fighting for water, they get weak and are more easily affected by drought and beetles. Again, not good if a fire were to hit.
A healthy forest is about 40 trees per acre. Under the proposal, I believe they will be thinning the forest to about 90 trees per acre as well as removing all the dead wood.
This is something that the Fire Safety Council has worked very hard on. I also believe that their efforts have provided for this work to extend down the mountain beyond Forest Land and into Private land, as nobody would have the funds to clean out the dead trees etc.
I'm sure Wrightwood, Artology, Boston Bob, Chuck, Justagilio and other can give much more accurate information.
Thanks to the Wrightwood Fire Safety Council for all their hard work in this regard.
