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I've been part of the total forestry management crowd for 30 years. Controlled burns alone will get you another Yellowstone. Were you there? I wasn't. My husband was. He knew most of the firefighters killed there.

In other words you can't just "controlled burn" your way around a forest in order to get rid of the natural kindling for wildfires. A controlled burn won't take out dead trees hit by fast moving insect and or disease infestation.