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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2019
One year after Smokey Bear celebrates his 75th birthday will mark the 70th anniversary of the living symbol of Smokey Bear. In 1950, an injured black bear cub was rescued from the Capitan Gap Fire on the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico. The cub was rehabilitated and relocated to the National Zoological Park in Washington, DC, better known as the National Zoo.
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Link to the full Fire Management Today issue (10.6 MB; pdf)
Citation: Hecker, Linda. 2019. National zoo exhibit: celebrating Smokey Bear. Fire Management Today 77(2):13-14.
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- Smokey Bear
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