It looked a perfect place when I pulled in. Relatively level with really good road access-the way to a ski area was right there. I was really depressed after looking at all the fire damage and then this. I found the second place about 5 miles away. It worked out fine, but still. Why?

I did see a couple of hopeful signs for the wild fires. Several 'brush removal' projects AND some logging of the fire damaged wood. The forest service has finally decided that it's the right thing to do so a lot of that wood isn't lost completely.