The article reports that 1,017 wildfires have occurred so far this year and argues that rewilding policies may have made parts of the country more vulnerable to fire. It presents critics’ view that leaving vegetation unmanaged can create more dry fuel, while framing the issue as a dispute over environmental policy and land management.

The supplied text does not include the article’s underlying evidence, locations, official fire data source, or responses from rewilding advocates and authorities. Its headline uses strongly opinionated language, so the claimed link between rewilding and increased fires should be treated as an allegation rather than an established conclusion.