In the United States, fewer areas have been hit by wildfires this year than in the past 20-plus years. However, the mainstream media prefers to ignore it because it does not fit the given narrative. And that’s not all: before 1900, there were, on average, far more such fires than in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Forest and bushfires occur every year in the United States. It has always been this way and will always be this way. However, climate change advocates like to use such fires to support their claims that climate change will be in their favor and affect more and more areas. But in the 24 years since 2000 (data from January 1 to August 24), no significant growth trend has been observed. And not only that: The year 2023 has been the year with the least area burning during this period.
Despite the fact that arsonists are frequently responsible for this destruction, there is no tendency to make forest and bushfires worse in the United States. Needless to mention, as a study shows, the incidence of such fires was much higher in what is now the United States than before 1900. Although it focuses on western North America as a whole, it certainly allows some conclusions to be drawn about eastern parts of the country.
Of course, European colonization, urbanization, and the creation of large agricultural areas also played an important role. Furthermore, better technological options for fighting such fires (e.g. from the air) ensure better prevention options. However, it also makes clear that the correlation between climate change and forest/bush fires, which is often made, does not exist.
