To_PRP the_AT0 editor_NN1 :_PUN The_AT0 Times_NN2 '_POS Aug._NP0 21_CRD article_NN1 about_PRP rethinking_VVG forest_NN1 management_NN1 strategies_NN2 rightly_AV0 rebukes_VVZ clear-cutting_AJ0 for_PRP removing_VVG the_AT0 oldest_AJS ,_PUN most_AV0 fire-resistant_AJ0 trees_NN2 ._SENT But_CJC it_PNP 's_VBZ not_XX0 just_AV0 that_DT0 clear-cutting_NN1 has_VHZ "_PUQ almost_AV0 no_AT0 benefits_NN2 to_PRP the_AT0 forests_NN2 or_CJC to_PRP their_DPS surrounding_AJ0 communities_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ Clear-cutting_AJ0 results_NN2 in_PRP tree_NN1 plantations_NN2 that_CJT burn_VVB faster_AJC and_CJC more_AV0 intensely_AV0 than_CJS the_AT0 old-growth_AJ0 forests_NN2 they_PNP replace_VVB ._SENT Because_CJS plantation_NN1 trees_NN2 are_VBB closely_AV0 spaced_VVN with_PRP intertwining_AJ0 branches_NN2 ,_PUN they_PNP have_VHB a_AT0 greater_AJC chance_NN1 of_PRF spreading_VVG wildfires_NN2 ._SENT During_PRP California_NP0 's_POS deadliest_AJS fire_NN1 to_PRP date_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 2018_CRD Camp_NN1 fire_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 blazes_NN2 scorched_VVN through_PRP heavily_AV0 logged_VVN areas_NN2 with_PRP extreme_AJ0 speed_NN1 and_CJC intensity_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS the_AT0 Camp_NP0 fire_NN1 demonstrates_VVZ ,_PUN logging_VVG forests_NN2 does_VDZ n't_XX0 stop_VVI fires_NN2 ,_PUN it_PNP actually_AV0 makes_VVZ towns_NN2 like_PRP Paradise_NN1 and_CJC Concow_NN1 more_AV0 susceptible_AJ0 to_PRP swift_AJ0 ,_PUN wind-driven_AJ0 blazes_NN2 ._SENT California_NP0 should_VM0 prohibit_VVI clear-cutting_AJ0 to_TO0 protect_VVI its_DPS people_NN0 and_CJC towns_NN2 from_PRP future_AJ0 tragedies_NN2 ._SENT 
