> unison with the landscape and the environment

These are meaningless distinctions.

> the need for localized ecological and geographical knowledge

Fire managers and all of the other resource specialists for the majority of agencies are already local.

> cool fires

not anything unique here. depends entirely on the objectives/goals. if it is to remove juniper in the southwest US, a smoldering fire won't be enough. wildland fire fighters already almost exclusively do the most work at night whether it is a prescribed fire or wildfire. it's a distinction without meaning.

techniques used today are almost always a function of numerous risk calculations and political factors; not some lack of understanding of fire behavior or local knowledge