Info about clear-cutting?

It makes sense. I had only heard of clear cutting by forest industry to obtain wood products, and the it was left without replanting. I have seen this. My father was a fireman and I know about doing a backburn to stop fires. Where we are now they do alot of prescribed burns. I would support clear cut burning, providing replanting was required. Of course the burning could be done during weather that was appropriate for control .The question that comes up is,who does the burning and whose property is it that gets burned.?