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We still need Smokey Bear!

Jon E. Keeley
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Abstract

It was gratifying to see articles in recent issues of Fire Management Today clarifying the role of Smokey Bear in wildland fire management strategies (Baily 1999; Brown 1999). These articles clearly spelled out Smokey’s importance in reducing unplanned human-ignited wildland fires and rightly criticized attempts to detract from Smokey’s campaign (Williams 1995; see also Vogl 1973).

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Jon E. Keeley. 2001. We still need Smokey Bear!. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/1008331

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