Fires specifically is an annoying one. Politicians have huge incentive to point the blame at anything except poor management. See: > Approximately 1.8 million

Fires specifically is an annoying one. Politicians have huge incentive to point the blame at anything except poor management. See: > Approximately 1.8 million ha burned annually in California prehistorically (pre 1800). Our estimate of prehistoric annual area burned in California is 88% of the total annual wildfire area in the entire US during a decade (1994–2004) characterized as ‘‘extreme’’ regarding wildfires. The idea that US wildfire area of approximately two million ha annually is extreme is certainly a 20th or 21st century perspective. Skies were likely smoky much of the summer and fall in California during the prehistoric period. from: Prehistoric fire area and emissions from California’s forests, woodlands, shrublands, and grasslands (2007) https://www.sierraforestlegacy.org/Resources/Conservation/FireForestEcology/FireScienceResearch/FireHistory/FireHistory-Stephens07.pdf https://www.sierraforestlegacy.org/Resources/Conservation/Fi... And: > Many consider wildfire as an accelerating problem [...] however, important exceptions aside, the quantitative evidence available does not support these perceived overall trends. from: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2015.0345 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.201...