I wonder how much of this was learned behavior as in...
Lightning strike makes forest fire. Forest regrows after fire. Regrown forest better forest.
Fire makes better forest!
New growth after a forest fire is more edible and nutritious for wild game. This was land management toward increasing the meat supply.
Careful, there’s a strong push by the progressives to make people believe burning forests with wildfires is the best way to manage. The bigger the wildfire, the better is what they’re trying to brainwash us with.
It’s all nonsense.
Go in, get the logs, drive them out and sell them.