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Post-Fire Rehabilitation of Hillsides Continues Recovery of the foothills and forest land above Monrovia continues in the wake of September and early-October's Station Fire, which burned more than 160,000 acres and 250 square miles of wilderness a few miles north and west of the city. Some individuals are now expressing concern that bulldozer lines created on the hillsides were left "unkempt" by the U.S. Forest Service, and are asking that the lines be cleared of dead vegetation. The practice of clearing the fire lines after the the fire was standard procedure years ago, but was determined to be detrimental to the recovery of the landscape. The new paradigm, while contrary to past practice, is now the accepted recovery method used by the U.S. Forest Service, and is being carried out on local hillsides by that agency. Simply put, covering bulldozer lines with cut vegetation, rather than clearing it away, is consistent with good environmental stewardship of the land and speeds its recovery. Here are links to documents detailing the work being done and the reasons behind it:
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