Reader David Datz has been chronicling the destruction and renewal of the forest since the Station Fire, and sent us this:
Remember those pictures of desolation I sent you in October? I went back to Inspiration Point on 11/28, and found growing things already. I don't know what those little shrubs are, but from around the burnt skeletons are bright green leaves. See here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/david.datz/ AfterStationFire112809#
I don't agree with those who say the forest is "gone". I like to think of it as different. It was damaged, but it will grow again, perhaps in a different way.
