Comment by toofy

You may have accidentally fallen prey to timber baron misinformation. It just isnt true that private owners "actually care for them" in some way that prevents fires. [0][1][2][3]

And even if it were true, lets pretend we give all of the forests to timber barons--then we get to 1) still fight the fires anyway, and 2) we'd end up having to bail the timber barons out after the fires. The end state is more burned forests that we now dont own, or get to use, or have any say over, yet, we still pay for it all and the billionaires walk away with everything.

At this point we know they wouldn't care for the forests any more than the forest service.

[0] https://news.oregonstate.edu/news/osu-research-suggests-fore...

> OSU research suggests Forest Service lands not the main source of wildfires affecting communities

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[1] https://www.propublica.org/article/despite-what-the-logging-...

> For decades, Oregon’s timber industry has promoted the idea that private, logged lands are less prone to wildfires. The problem? Science doesn’t support that.

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[2] https://missoulacurrent.com/study-wildfires-land/

> Study: Most destructive wildfires have started on private land

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[3] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-06002-3

> Human ignitions on private lands drive USFS cross-boundary wildfire transmission and community impacts in the western US