Yes, it would be nice if they would do stuff like just clear out the underbrush and cut down some problem trees. But the motto of most of the timber industry seems to be 'whack down anything that's bigger than 5 feet tall in as big a swath as you can manage'. And who gets to decide what trees go and what trees stay? "Look, that one's got a broken branch up there! Fire up the chainsaw!"

Go drive along the north part of Highway 18, and tell me that's ecologically sound logging. Scrub and small tree covered land might be at more risk of slides than mature tree covered land, but bare land covered by grass and stumps is even worse.