“…there is always a well-known solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong.” — H. L. Mencken
Here’s a good article, with a minimum of editorializing and including actual numbers and stuff, discussing why increased wildfire danger does not actually justify an increased timber harvest. Better forest management however . . .
The western United States is facing another destructive wildfire season, with more acres burned in Colorado alone in 2025 than in the past four years combined. If global warming continues on its current trajectory, the amount of forest area burned each year could double or even triple by midcentury.
In other words, more fire is coming, more often.
As U.S. forests burn, Congress and federal agencies are asking an important question: What role should federal land management play in reducing fire risk?