Strangely enough the "Silent Spring" ecological apocalypse predicted by environmentalists, may be caused by the misguided efforts of a vocal minority who claim to protect the Forest. Their lawsuits prevent active management, causing the incineration of our forests & wildlife, the massive erosion of our forest soils after unnatural fires, the loss of trees to cleanse our air.
Small fires are part of the natural process, not increasingly massive fires releasing millions of tons of carbon & spreading choking smoke hundreds of miles.