If Gov. Chicken****er had told the enviro whacko wilderness types to go away, and instituted reasoned forest management practices, the fuel load would be far less.
Environmentalism is a socio-political movement with a flavor of science. Forestry is a science. Differences are important.
Oh, make sure the ‘forestry’ based management plan is not infected with “enviro” or “wilderness” premises. Otherwise, it is just another version of environmentalism.
What you say is true, but here the fire started in forest areas where homes have been built. You have homes constructed in and under pines 100 to 200 feet high. In areas surrounding the homes you have spindly pine thickets that have not been thinned, mostly the responsibility of the landowner. Combined with forest litter, drought conditions, drying winds and high temperatures, it was literally a tinderbox awaiting ignition.