Thousand hour fuels are going because fire has been withheld from the system. Let it burn and get back to a more natural state. Man will never clear out enough fuel that would offset the damage from him being there to begin with. Over stocked forests are all part of survival of the fittest. We should be logging where it is commercially and ecologically sound. However, I'm sure you would enjoy your back country hikes much more with a house on every forty.