• The effects of logging on regeneration they reported were similar to results published before and after their original paper, including studies of both prompt and delayed salvage.

• In conclusions about fire intensity, the original paper referred primarily to higher levels of downed fuel after logging, not fuel continuity but in any case, fuel continuity is generally implied in standard fire models.

• The suggestion that leaving dead trees standing could result in lower fire hazard is a reasonable hypothesis, in part because no scenario produces a larger pool of fine fuels than a single one-time input from felling of all trees shortly after a fire.

• Their objective was not to assess the management plan, but to quantify the effects of post-fire logging on fuel loads.

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