This article illustrates why forest management is hard.
Federal officials and legislators are calling for more active management such as logging, thinning, prescribed fire, etc. Then in their next breath they insist on immediate suppression of every start. In the background, they cut funding for everything so billionaires can have another tax cut.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2026/07/27/era-megafires-do-forest-thinning/