They seem to be tending their Sequoias okay. Don't confuse southern California with northern California. The original white Californians were okay people, until the immigration from other states began to squeeze them out monetarily.
I've only ever been as far north as San Francisco but I worked a lot in San Diego and Monterrey Park. I'd actually like to see NorCal at some point - I've heard they are more "red".
I'm more worried about how the forestry people (and the electric companies) don't - or aren't allowed to - do forest maintenance and then complain when things burn. I never understood it until I learned a lot of it is a land/property grab.
As near as I can tell from the history of events, the professional foresters want to do the proper job and eliminate deadwood and underbrush. But they are stymied by policy. There seems to be a particularly vicious aversion to harvesting deadwood, since the forest is deemed untouchable by the enviro-greenies. (These are people who, if put in charge of agriculture, would starve us all to death.)
By the way, Crescent City is quite a scenic place to visit. Mt. Shasta is also beautiful.
Don't go to California to find any forest specialists.
They seem to be tending their Sequoias okay. Don't confuse southern California with northern California. The original white Californians were okay people, until the immigration from other states began to squeeze them out monetarily.
I've only ever been as far north as San Francisco but I worked a lot in San Diego and Monterrey Park. I'd actually like to see NorCal at some point - I've heard they are more "red".
I'm more worried about how the forestry people (and the electric companies) don't - or aren't allowed to - do forest maintenance and then complain when things burn. I never understood it until I learned a lot of it is a land/property grab.
As near as I can tell from the history of events, the professional foresters want to do the proper job and eliminate deadwood and underbrush. But they are stymied by policy. There seems to be a particularly vicious aversion to harvesting deadwood, since the forest is deemed untouchable by the enviro-greenies. (These are people who, if put in charge of agriculture, would starve us all to death.)
By the way, Crescent City is quite a scenic place to visit. Mt. Shasta is also beautiful.