For instance, when a blaze ripped through Okanogan County in Washington State in 2006, untamed swaths of forest lost 92% of their trees, while just 49% perished in areas recently thinned by cutting and controlled burns.

打个比方，2006 年一场大火席卷华盛顿州的奥卡诺根县，肆虐侵袭森林，烧毁了 92% 的树木，然而近来削减和控制燃烧的地区，烧毁的树木仅占 49%。