A YEAR after the Muskvale fires, Hogans Road still shows signs of devastation.There has been some renewal, but life is still a long way from normal in the forest at Jubilee Lake, south of Daylesford."All of those trees are going to die," Brian Boase said, pointing to the charred trees.Mr Boase is the owner of a sawmill near Jubilee Lake, and his business is lucky to be standing a year after the fire."Sure, the grass is green, it's all greened up. They reckon the trees will all regenerate, but I'd say most of them are dying."We haven't even nearly recovered all our property that was damaged. I had people out there at 2 o'clock in the morning trying to put the fires out." He looked around at the remains of his property. "You have to take all of these fires very seriously."A lifelong resident of Muskvale, Mr Boase, knows about bushfires."I've seen bushfires in the '60s, but I don't think they're anything like what we have today," he saidYesterday was the one-year anniversary of the Musk Vale fires, which affected more than 70 properties and burnt about 2300 hectares of land.Although no one died, some people are still suffering with the stress and with the loss of their homes and farms."Most neighbours have recovered, as far as the farmlands, fences and replacement stock is concerned, but there are still the psychological scars. The trauma still remains with some," Yvonne Fix, a Musk Vale resident, said. "Have we recovered from the fires? It would seem so. Nature has moved on and so must we."