Comment: no, you didn't think, or you wouldn't post such ignorant tripe. we did leave nature be, over in central Oregon...where the pine battle us now killing off forests, for lack of spraying to combat the problem. when these pine forests full of dead snags catch fire it gets wicked in a hurry.
 In the last 4 decades I have spent considerable time in both of our mountain ranges from border to border. The premise these forests are not forests is profound stupidity taken to an art form. For 3+ decades I harvested wild mushrooms year round for $. Mushrooms are a sign of a healthy soil, in a healthy forest, and one of the best places to hunt shrooms are in tree stands 40 years old.
 the real issue is world over population, an issue on the books for 8 decades now. the real problem is we cannot have this discussion without talking about culling the human race, so we deflect to this mindless stupidity, fearmongering to motivate the sheep.