Because the climate activists are anti logging, and any sort of forest management real world proven solutions. The problem is the 1% of insanity controls the 99% of us that are tired of being called racist, sexist, or anti science.
Its sometimes easier to just let the mother fucker burn...
Agreed john,here in Minnesota, northeast BWCA,we have a wildfire burning right now,ive been watching from a distance,25000 acres of forest,many areas have been hit by inline winds,tornadoes over the years,huge swaths of downed dead treesin remote areas,no roads,just a huge tinder box ready to explode in fire,usually lightening strikes,but careless campers aswell,today current fire is under control,and thats what forest service is doing exactly containing the area best they can and letting current fire burn out,not much choice really.
Colorado central rockies is another accident waiting to happen,high country,just west of Denver, all the downed beetle killed pine trees dead since the 80's just a matter of time before it goes "poof"",few years ago boulder foothills burned for weeks,all forest service could do is contain and let it burn out,worked.
BTW,these fires never effected air quality either,so current air quality issues relating to wildfires is a stretch IMPO,i was suspicious from day one as many other folks were and still are,enter the feds and now they're claim of carbon monoxide smog...hmmm
All the California wildfires,seems every summer, not one air quality alert,never.