Consider this and get back to me (there's a lot more where that came from).
I truly hope that in all the work of “managing†that you and your family have time to enjoy the blessing of such a beautiful setting. Peace to you and them.
I have a novel observation on the historical response surface of redwood to climate change due to the Little Ice Age. Today, as I was "managing" I noticed a lump in the ground under the duff. It was another old stump, whose condition fits exactly that hypothesis as it is considerably smaller than the second growth trees we have now. Virtually all of the old stumps are like that here, especially as one climbs in elevation above the marine inversion. It's hard to see such things without stirring things up.
Stirring things up is what humans do. It has important ecological benefits; in fact, the system proceeds to decadence and destruction without it, as anthropogenic influence has been part of this landscape for at least 10,000 and possibly 30,000 years. In a way, the system proceeds to catastrophic failures without it.
Part of the beauty is the science and research involved in appreciating what we see, in addition to the aesthetic. If you can't see by those photographs a deep love for beauty...
“What I won’t tolerate is disparagement of the professional class in order to elevate craft skills.”
That, in a nutshell, is the crux of why we two will never agree on principle no matter how interesting some of your work is. That you are a craftsman of some skill is obvious. But knowledge and expertise is useless without wisdom. True wisdom begins with the fear of The Almighty. In all your learned thesis about the necessity of environmental engineering; you never once give credit, acknowledgement or praise to The Architect of it all. Without that all your strivings are just vapor.
And with that I will respectfully disagree with you on the foundation of your view and move on.