Ah I like a man that can offer an alternate view. Well, I think of the animals getting burned up ( I encountered more flying squirrel babies today and thought about the toast they would be in a forest fire) and the obvious waste of natural and spiritual resources. Of course forest fire is a natural process and I suppose its good in the long run, though I understand the ultra hot fires such as many of those we experience these days can incinerate the ground into sterility rather than stimulating as less hot, more frequent, smaller fires do