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The problem is largely down to climate change, mismanagement of water, invasive species, and Conservatives.
Climate change seems obvious, but trees are generally pretty reliant on having specific temperature ranges, and specific conditions. As climate change gets worse, the more extreme weather events get worse. Extreme conditions can kill trees, evaporate surface water, deprive areas of rain, kill bushes, impact animals etc. Individual trees are decently likely to survive one bad year, but sustained droughts/heat/irregular weather patterns etc can change the surrounding forest, and trees are a lot more the effect of specific forest conditions than the cause.
Mismanagement of water is obvious, huge amounts of water are being pumped from reservoirs, dropping goundwater levels to the points that trees dont have access. Rivers and lakes are being contained, and not allowed to flood. As previously wet ground dries out (both from lack of rain, and from not having rivers), its profile changes, and the kinds of trees it can support changes. But the kinds of trees that dry ground can support often cant survive the other conditions (elevation, temperature, soil Ph, animals etc).
Invasive species. Bark Beetles are one of the biggest problems, but spongy moths and other invasive insects are killing trees by the bucketfull. Additionally, invasive species like eucalyptus, palm, and salt-cedar restrict water access, ruin the ground, and choke out native trees. Invasive bushes like tree of heaven, spanish broom, greater periwinkle and giant reed can grow quickly, before dying and drying out during a particularly harsh summer, this dried plant mat makes for fire ladders, easy kindling and massively wildfire risk.
Conservatives. Conservatives have been pushing to allow private companies and owners to destroy forests, wetlands and other necessary habitat for basically whatever reason. Conservatives push to allow companies like nestle to pump unlimited water from aquafers, and allow AI data centers to take whatever is left. Conservatives have been consistently anti-science and anti-education, and both are needed to restore forests.