The wildfires that happened this summer are caused by the rules of the U.S. Forest Service. Our forests are littered with dead trees, brush and piles of slash but people must get permission with a woodcutting permit to enter our forests to clean up the downed trees.
When lightning strikes a tree and it flares into a fire, especially during a drought, nothing can stop that fire from growing.
Native tribes keep their lands clear; nothing much can cause a wildfire on their lands. My neighbor, a member of a tribe, keeps his five acres clear of any fuel that would burn. Dead trees were cut up and the pieces stored in his woodshed to burn when the weather turned cold. Pine needles and small brush was put into one big pile to be burned under control when it starts to rain in the fall. Land close to his home was clear of anything that could burn.
All of his five acres was kept clear. Why doesn’t the Forest Service do that? The Forest Service denies people the right to go in and clean up the forests.
