There is no drought.Normal is what the flora and fauna have evolved to live in...and such evolution didn't happen in the past few decades....and again...bark beetles are the main bane of the pines...along with misuse of the water resources....there is no drought.
You must be one of those San Francisco liberals who vote against any and all water projects, but who have no idea of the needs of agriculture in the great Central Valley.
I'm really not sure where you live, but it must not be anywhere in the Sierras or the valley.
Oh, those bark beetles? They attack trees, the trees succumb when they're already weakened by something, like for example, drought. Now, would you like to expand on your statement about the pines and firs not being native to the Sierras?
Oh, and maybe you'd like to give us your version of why California is running out of water, if you acknowledge that it is.
This is the result of drought. The trees you see are native to the Sierras.: