A legitimately serious problem in this country is the increasing frequency and severity of wildfires. Climate change has helped dry out forests so that many fires now spread rapidly. Misguided forest management practices also have played a role: by rapidly extinguishing relatively benign natural fires that periodically thin out the underbrush, and by clear-cutting fire-resistant old-growth forests, we have set the stage for the far more destructive fires we see today Unfortunately, some in Congress are proposing responses that would only make the wildfire crisis worse. In particular, H.R. 8790, the misleadingly titled “Fix Our Forests Act,” would pave the way for even more ill-informed and counterproductive mismanagement of our forests. …The “Fix Our Forests Act,” however, effectively rejects environmental review altogether across hundreds of thousands of acres. We need to be much smarter than the meat-cleaver approach. Part of the answer is to adequately fund, staff and train Forest Service personnel.