Exactly why it was chosen; a forest already scheduled to be clear-cut and the loggers didn't think you could do any serious harm to the wood, so why not go wild?
It's just like how some famous destructive bar fight scenes or other building-destroying scenes are just filmed in a building scheduled to be demolished anyway.
Whereas the Del Norte forest was land privately owned by Miller-Rellim Redwood Company, and already had a timber harvesting plan/permit.
Like when Kubrick filmed the urban Huế scenes in 'Full Metal Jacket' (1987) at London's Beckton Gas Works, which was scheduled to be demolished. [https://www.latlong.net/location/full-metal-jacket-locations...]
The most immersion breaking part of Dr Strangelove for me is always the outside shot of the ground assault on the "American" base which architecturally is so obviously British it snaps me out of the film each time.
The link I already gave above lists all locations for FMJ, with map pin and picture: https://www.latlong.net/location/full-metal-jacket-locations...
> Full Metal Jacket was filmed in Bassingbourn (for Parrish Island), Beckton Gas Works, Cliffe, Epping Forest, Isle of Dogs, Pinewood Studios, RAF Swinderby and The Broads.
And here's another description of several locations and which scene they're in:
https://giggster.com/guide/movie-location/where-was-full-met...
That's an odd way to describe a show premised on a head stuck in a TV. Kinda hard to have any kind adventure when you're tethered to a power-supply.
Also: man, I really enjoyed that show.
The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year!
https://youtu.be/IIdGxR-aU6o?si=XUiZyK6CLG5J9GuZ
https://jalopnik.com/the-story-of-the-trashed-mall-from-blue...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/07/29/olympics-i...
COP displaced 30,000 people (though, I suppose it's not as bad as Seoul, where over 700k people lost their homes due to Olympics redevelopment).