What happens to a forest after a wildfire? Biodiversity thrives. This was a intact old growth forest with a native meadow. But like 99% of Californias grasslands it was destroyed with the old growth and turned into a monoculture lumber tree plantation. A plantation forest that had thousands of trees planted too closely together to maximize profit. It also maximized wildfire risk, creating a mega fire. Now 200 thousand acres are ashes. Mother Nature cleaned up the mess, and created habitat for ra