You'll notice it has been declining since 2005; after being above 80,000 for many decades with many decades of advertising from Smokey the bear.
But something changed about 1999-2005. Smokey the bear was retired and we changed the forest management plan to what the indigenous were doing for thousands of years.
Suddenly now that we arent mismanaging the forests and arresting the indigenous who were managing them correctly. Forestfires are in decline.
The other reality is that: >85% of wildfires are man made; typically arson or negligence.
You dont get to mismanagement the forests and then claim it was climate change.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 10.6 ms ] threadBut something changed about 1999-2005. Smokey the bear was retired and we changed the forest management plan to what the indigenous were doing for thousands of years.
Suddenly now that we arent mismanaging the forests and arresting the indigenous who were managing them correctly. Forestfires are in decline.
The other reality is that: >85% of wildfires are man made; typically arson or negligence.
You dont get to mismanagement the forests and then claim it was climate change.