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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 2019
The national symbol of forest fire prevention, Smokey Bear, and the slogan, 'Only you can prevent forest fires!' already existed when a group of firefighters on the Capitan Gap Fire found an orphaned bear cub clinging to a tree after a flareup. The May 1950 fire, in the Capitan Mountains on the Lincoln National Forest in New Mexico, had made a sudden run, forcing the firefighters to retreat to a rockslide. When the smoke cleared, everyone was okay and the bear was discovered.
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Link to the full Fire Management Today issue (10.6 MB; pdf)
Citation: Allen, Larry S. 2019. The night we buried Smokey Bear. Fire Management Today 77(2):36-38.
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- Smokey Bear
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