It's amazing the things people believe with no evidence (and then get massive amounts of upvotes for!).

Look at a map of northern California and you see that the landscape is dominated by a checkerboard pattern of logging/no-logging (the most efficient way to maintain a forest and create firebreaks, even if that wasn't the original intent and people are trying their damndest to break the system).

https://eros.usgs.gov/media-gallery/earthshot/checkerboard-p...

https://www.truckeedonnerlandtrust.org/sierra-nevada-checker...