Just to add to this……I think SMZ management is one place where we really have a lot of room for improvement and managing the understory in this manner would transform those areas…..Think about this…..if you look at the map…..where is the best soil moisture??......Well, let’s manage those areas then to produce the best understory vegetation since that’s where our best soil moisture is located…..instead of shading it all out and letting the top soil erode away during annual flash flooding events