Stop the Logging!!!

From the LA TImes: (link)

Still, evidence was dramatic in the thinned forest areas. In one cluster of Lake Arrowhead neighborhoods protected by fuel breaks, only a few stumps were burning and no trees were lost. Hundreds of surrounding homes were untouched.

Some of the worst-hit areas like Running Springs don't have fuel breaks. Just 20% of Big Bear is protected by breaks, fire officials said.

If environmental groups wouldn't bring lawsuits against 59% of the initiatives to thin forests - more property would have been saved.