After the crew was done today, I got out and took a quick look at the progress made during the first day of mitigation. It is incredible, to say the least. The masticators made quick work of huge swaths of scrub oak, while they appear to leave the evergreens alone. They also left small islands of scrub oak and appeared to fill the trails with debris but not actually damage the trail beds themselves much.
Trail full of debris
Wow, they’re doing a great job! Nice pics BTW.