Coming up in 2024: Smokey Bear turns 80
Smokey on Airplane Cowling 1950 (USDA Forest Service image)
80 years is a tremendous milestone—for anyone. To make it to 80 means you have overcome life’s greatest challenges and you truly become the elder, the sage, the one who knows a thing or two and should be listened to. Being the spokes…
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Behind the balloon
Last week, Devante Lockamy found himself in Central Park during the early hours of Thanksgiving, teeming with a mix of excitement and nervous anticipation as he embarked on a unique Forest Service holiday tradition. Never in his life did he ever expect to hold the tether of a 51-foot-tall Smokey Bear balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.…