> Fire is another important tool, he says, burning undergrowth and logging leftovers at the start of the summer to remove material that could fuel major fires l

> Fire is another important tool, he says, burning undergrowth and logging leftovers at the start of the summer to remove material that could fuel major fires later in the season. > The Menominee fire team spends as much time starting fires as stopping them, says Curtis Wayka, who runs the burning program. I thought this was another interesting data point about the wildfire situation in North America. I’ve heard people say that the wildfires are less about global warming than they are about mismanaged forests where the policy is always to stop fires. Probably loss of property values and resource values plays a part in this thinking? I wonder if implementing something like this could be helpful and if it’s actually politically and logistically feasible elsewhere.