>>185531Mature trees in western forests don't die in most forest fires, only when the fire crowns and gets into the canopy. Fires in the mountainous west traditionally went through every 8-12 years and cleared out the understory with no effect on mature trees. Look at the Gila and Aldo Leopoldo wilderness area in sw NM if you want to see what a forest is supposed to look like.
>mfw they let it burn. 