[These massive fires cause air pollution, water pollution, and soil destruction.]
Fire is part of the natural forest cycle.
The seeds of many plant species require fire in order to be released and sprout.
Foresters with graduate degrees, a life time of real world experiences, and their passion for a healthy forest should make these decisions.
Instead the final decisions are made by Sierra Club lawyers who find friendly judges who over-rule science and scientists. The lawyers make big fees for themselves even if the forests are destroyed.
These massive fires cause air pollution, water pollution, and soil destruction. The ash kills fish, frogs...because they need oxygen in the water to breathe. Lots of other wildlife is killed by the fires too.
The organism in the soil are destroyed by the long, high temperatures...