As a forester myself, I think Mr. Keene deliberately avoided turning his essay into a piece on climate warming.

He alludes to climate change by saying "Today, these fires are fueled by record-breaking summer heat, just as Hurricane Harvey was fueled by record high ocean temperatures." 

However he stays focused on pointing out how federal forest management has been taken over by timber industry's institutional minions and politicians which appears to be his core theme.

Why don't you enlarge your comment and references and submit a Viewpoint of your own stressing increasing wildfires due to climate change?