What I want done? I want the brush and other small stuff to be burnt regularly so the forest itself can survive. It's the natural way. Rushing to put out all little fires so that over time the whole forest is in danger of a BIG fire is a recipe for disaster. I have seen the results of BIG fires- like the Tillamook Burn in Oregon. The major fire occurred in the early 30's; it took decades for it to come close to resembling a green land; the last time I flew over it it still looked like a war zone.

I imagine it will require a lot of brush clearing before we can go back to Nature's way. We have a lot of bad management to make up for. (Have you seen logged off lands? It isn't only brush that is a problem, by any means; the loggers leave a huge amount of felled timber.)

That, by the way, is what the article above recommends.

But don't take out the forests in order to save them.