Comment by seadan83

Most private owners are tree farms, right? Those burn like crazy. I've seen very few well managed tree farms, they do exist. Anecdotally, after observing several thousand linear miles of west coast forest, just a handful were well managed and fire resistant. The majority is a dense mass of q-tip like trees with dense underbrush. There in grows not trees, but tree trunks and the habitat is good for rats and no large game. (Sorry for the rant, I've got strong feelings on how gross tree farms are. To see how peevelant they are - check satellite images. It looks like a checkerboard, it is not due to images being stitched together, it is the boundaries of clear cuts and tree farms- and it is just everywhere (west coast))