Officials share incredible before-and-after images of US forest ravaged by fires — here's the transformation

Officials share incredible before-and-after images of US forest ravaged by fires — here's the transformation

Eleven years ago, almost 100,000 acres of forest burned in the American River watershed, according to the Placer County Water Agency. Now, that land is being improved — not only restored with new trees, but also engineered and maintained in such a way as to prevent future disastrous fires from affecting the land and the waters below ever again. The King Fire in 2014 didn't just burn down the forest. It also knocked 300,000 tons of soil loose fro…