"Logging interests and pro-business federal agencies claim that we need to destroy our wild forests to help prevent dangerous forest fires. In fact, the reverse is true: logging has been shown to multiply the risk of catastrophic forest fires. That's because timber companies cut down the largest trees, which are the most resistant to fire, leaving behind flammable smaller trees and piles of debris. As this report shows, we need to protect, not log, our national forests - now more than ever."
There is a graph on page 10 of the full PDF report download that claims "The Forest Service can protect homes and communities from forest fires and provide recreation access without building new roads or subsidizing commercial logging"
"The Forest Service can protect homes and communities from forest fires and provide recreation access without building new roads or subsidizing commercial logging"..The Sierra Club
"Logging and roads cause fires"...The Sierra Club.