https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/11/californias-big-fires-and-129-million-dead-trees.html

There are 129 million dead trees in California’s forests. In 2016, the estimate was 100 million dead trees.

the Emmerson family is the third largest landowner in California. They have a net worth of $4 billion. They own Sierra Pacific. Sierra Pacific has operating profits of approximately $375 million annually on sales of $1.5 billion. They perform most of the logging in California.

A 1990 law prohibits bidding from any lumber companies that export logs. Rivals like publicly traded Weyerhaeuser and Rayonier as well as big Canadian firms are not allowed into California.

https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article216808995.html

Now nearly everyone, it seems, is in favor of more “forest management” to reduce fuel for California’s record wildfires.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, surveying fire damage near Redding recently, called for culling more trees from national forests and slammed environmental groups for blocking timber harvesting.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article216458870.html

McClintock, whose district stretches from Lake Tahoe to Kings Canyon National Park, spoke to The Sacramento Bee after meeting with officials battling the Donnell Fire in Stanislaus National Forest on Thursday. “It’s the same old story. I asked them what the tree density was in the forests where the fire is,” McClintock said. “It’s about 300 trees per acre.”

“A healthy density in the Sierra is about 80 to 100 trees,” McClintock continued.

https://www.forbes.com/feature/archie-emmerson-timber-forest-fires-logging/#595537f564f9

We’ll be in there before the smoke is out,” vows timber baron Red Emmerson, who Forbes estimates makes more money from logging after forest fires than anyone in America”