The article opens up talking about how California had its most severe drought, along with record-low rain, in 2014. Mega-forest fires can occur when the perfect mixture of droughts, high temperatures, and wind form together. The Western United States might be plagued with these fires, but why aren’t forest and wildlife scientist concerned? Despite what the public sees in the media, forest fires are ecologically needed. Acording to Monica, most of the forest that occur are natural, meaning that they have been burning regulary. The reason these wildfires are ecologically needed is because they help with survival of many plant plants and wildlife communities. Although society thinks no fires is good, for many wilflife species it is the
