Good video. The takeaway is that the elk are well adapted to fire--it's been happening since elk have arrived on this continent.
Another point I have tried to make in the past is when the USFS gives an estimate of the size of these fires it's all the acreage inside the perimeter of the fire. On average, 40%-60% of the area inside the fire burns in a normal forest fire (whatever "normal" is), leaving large islands of unburned vegetation. Those unburned areas also tend to "seed" the burned areas.
Usually, those unburned areas were not ready to burn. They will be ready to burn sometime in the future though, while the previously burned areas with newer growth will not burn, once again leaving large, green islands of trees/vegetation.
The forests of the western US are well adapted to fire, and many of these forests are fire dependent--fire is as important to the forest as the sun coming up in the morning.
Amen...
