ABSTRACT DESCRIPTION: This will be an informative and entertaining hour by Forest Service Retired Leaders who have first-hand knowledge about how Smokey's Legacy started and has been shaped since the mid-1940"s.  We will learn little known, behind the scenes true stories about how Smokey became a national icon, his popularity, and service to fire prevention during his real life and after his burial in Capitan, New Mexico, and continuing with the Smokey Bear Balloon.

PRESENTERS: LARRY ALLEN & ABEL CAMARENA, Retired Forest Service leaders and active volunteers.
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