Chief scientist Dominick DellaSala at the Geos Institute in Ashland, Oregon, testified in congress on Sept. 27, 2017 and you can read this at ForestLegacies.org- he uses the best available science and states that; "Wildfires are necessary natural disturbance processes that forests need to rejuvenate.  Most wildfires in pine and mixed conifer forests of the west burn in mixed fire intensities...this tapestry of burned patches is associated with extraordinary plant and wildlife diversity....Recent increases in acres burned of forests are mainly due to climate change....human development is adding to fire ignitions via roads and development in the Wildlands Urban Interface...thinning is ineffective in extreme fire weather....read the entire testimony for more important info.