Wild out of control forest fires can be prevented by proper forest management practices.
Thinning alone will not do it. when you thin and leave the slash, you invite fire to clean up for you.
When you thin out trees, you must also limb the standing trees so that any fire on the forest floor can not catch the forest canopy and destroy the standing trees, to finish the job control burns clean up the slash, leaving no fuel to burn.
It requires the complete job be done, But DNR is not funded to do all that is required.
