I blame a lot of the 'do nothing' philosophy on the federal agencies. Regulations have made it almost impossible to conduct prescribed burns and stay within budgets. We have small Waterfowl Production Areas around here surrounded by water on three sides and highways on the other that could easily and safely be burned by one person in a T-shirt with a bic lighter. But the feds require a fully equipped and trained (at approved out of state training facilities of course)crew, two modern engines with trained operators, a smoke management team with approved signs, emergency radios, weather forecasts, FAA notification, etc. I think its about time to turn these type of management activities over to private enterprise.