It comes down to poor forest management. Don't weed your garden? Don't allow logging to thin out trees? Reap what you sow. Overcrowded disease-prone trees, drou

It comes down to poor forest management. Don't weed your garden? Don't allow logging to thin out trees? Reap what you sow. Overcrowded disease-prone trees, drought, beetle infestations, piles of deadfall, less wildlife, huge devastating fires with choking smoke, then flash floods, removal of topsoil, silt-filled rivers, lakes, and dams, and landslides. Controlled burns occasionally become uncontrolled burns and just destroy valuable resources. But, no surprise here. You can't expect common sense from academics.