The problem is the banning of clear cutting, the idea of replacing a tree with two trees, and putting out smaller fires. All of this is what causes the huge fires we have today.
That’s exactly right but there’s more to it. The tree huggers like to talk about re-forestation but these large fires that are burning overgrown krap burn so hot that they kill the ground, essentially turning the ground to brick. Nothing will grow there for decades until either the brick washes off or new silt/sediment/mud, etc. builds up enough to hold a grass seed. We have a few of those barren areas in Central Oregon and all resulted from non-management of the range or forest.