Hey. Claps. Like I thought,it really doesn't look to bad from my side. It went up so fast that most of the hardwoods don't look too badly scorched. The damage is mainly to the carnivores (Furs and pines), and even then, it will be difficult to know for certain until spring.
A lot of brush was cut to remove fuel, and I think a lot of that was cleaned up. From here, it is hard to tell what is poison oak, and what is splashes from the borate bombers, who drop a red solution, which, BTW, contains fertilizer, so the grass, at least, will grow pretty quickly. I checked a site which burned last year, which didn't have the conifers, and which looks completely normal, altho the brush was removed there, too.
Biggest problem will be mudslides this winter, especially if we get an El Nino 100"+ winter. That is the pattern here...fires, followed by slides. That, and the fact that the owners may be subdividing, so I will have to look at houses. They already have a security gate, which, unfortunately, was not damaged.
Don't know about critters. There is a herd of elk, which I haven't seen yet, but I am sure they are fine. I did see their Appaloosas hanging out.
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