I was curious myself and this article seems to describe the issue well: https://www.kqed.org/science/1927354/controlled-burns-can-help-solve-californias-fire-p

I was curious myself and this article seems to describe the issue well: https://www.kqed.org/science/1927354/controlled-burns-can-help-solve-californias-fire-problem-so-why-arent-there-more-of-them https://www.kqed.org/science/1927354/controlled-burns-can-he... TL;DR it's a mix of human resources and education issues