Your beliefs seem pretty parochial. Wildfire frequency and intensity is
increasing worldwide, as demonstrated by wildfires in Portugal, Australia and the Amazon basin, just to name a few off the top of my head. Sure, poor forest management is a contributor, but that exacerbates changes in climate. Believe it or not, there are multiple contributors and factors, including population pressures like the growth of the suburbs in California and the illicit burning of forests in the Amazon for production of cattle and soybeans (egged on by the Brazilian Trump Bolsonaro).
The problem isn't unsolvable unless people engage in denial. The earth, which is a lot older than 6000 years, won't care. Mass extinctions have happened several times on this planet due to environmental changes. This time we're helping cause it.
I thought this was an interesting little video from the WaPo.
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Link: Western US wildfires
Posted: 10/20/2020 at 1:11PM