[17th Miss Regt]

I agree in general with your post except for the part about them finally getting it. I don't think they ever will. There are none so blind as those who will not see.

[kellynla]

Well it is all of our responsibilities to keep the pressure on and educate everyone that THIS DEVASTATION COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED!!! Thinning the forests and controlled burns are absolutely paramount! A healthy forest would be able to combat the bark bettle and thinning the forest would need less water and create a healthier forest!

[SauronOfMordor]

I agree in general with your post except for the part about them finally getting it. I don't think they ever will. There are none so blind as those who will not see.

It's not that they don't see, it's that there are hidden incentives.

Outfits like Weyrhauser which own huge tracts of private timber land would have the value of their holdings increased if there was no logging on federal lands to compete with them.

Mega-wealthy people who like their home in the wilderness will not have to feel crowded if common people are unable to build due to not being able to get fire insurance

Whenever you ask "why don't they", the answer can be discovered by looking for who benefits from conditions the way they are