forests are mis-managed and overgrown First, forests manage themselves. There are wildfires because of the drought that you mentioned and higher temperatures.

forests are mis-managed and overgrown First, forests manage themselves. There are wildfires because of the drought that you mentioned and higher temperatures. Second, the first order problem is too many people. The warming/drought is a second order hysteresis effect. Creating more reservoirs exacerbates the first order problem.