STILL YOUNG and vibrant, Smokey Bear poses with a mannequin dressed as a RAP: attack crew member. The picture was taken last year at the forest distri race and District Chamber of Commerce trade show. Happy 50th, Smokey! SMOXEY TURNS S50 in 1994 and great celebrations re being held across the country to mark his anniver- sary. Who would have thought in 1944, thal a bear in blue jeans holding a shovel would make such an impres- sion, and would carry the message of ‘Prevent Forest Wildfires” for this long. Here is a brief history of how it all came about. Tt was felt that wildfires were interfering with the Second World War effort by needlessly wasting valuable forest products and the ef- forts of the many people in- volved in controlling them. In 1944, artist Albert Stacle portrayed a bear pouring a bucket of water to drown a campfire, He became Smokey Bear and his image has changed very little over the years, In 1947, the slogan ‘Remember, Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires’? was developed. It's still Smokey’s message today. In 1950, a forest fire in Capitan Mountain, -New Mexico, left-a bear cub or- phaned and badly injured. The fire crew rescued the bear, and this cub became ihe first living “Smokey Bear,” Smokey Bear and his mes- sage was brought to Canada in 1956 by the Canadian. Forestry Association. It is estimated that Smokey reaches 900,000 Canadian children each year through partnerships with provincial forestry associa- ct’s display at last year’s Ter- tions and provincial govern- ments. Smokey Bear's simple Message reminds us that hu- man carelessness is responsible for — starting more than six out of 10 forest wildfircs in North America and human care is needed to prevent them. It is up to cach of us to © Make sure that needless damage is not dons to our forest land through im- proper use of campfires, debris burning, matches or smokizy material. So let’s celebrate Smokey’s anniversary and “Remember, Smokey has for 50 years.’’ (Article written by Roxanne Comeau and sup- blied courtesy of the B.C. Forest Association.) Post-Harvesting Fieldwork & Administration | Professional Foresters & [NATIONAL FOREST | WEEK - MAY 1-7 orest Products . rosperity for FORESTRY Professional & technical services in resource management. Resource Planning Services Management & Working Plans — Local Resource Use Plans Total Chance Plans Development Plans Pre-Harvest Fieldwork & Administration Road Design & Block Layout Timber Appraisals Timber Cruising C.P. Applications Pre-Harvest Prescriptions Export Applications . Road Design & CAD Draiting Experienced CAD technicians guarantee accuracy & ‘quality Computer road design | Easy access & updating of data Operational Supervising & Scaling Road Construction Supervising Harvesting Supervision Metric & Scribner Sealing.” Dry- -land Sort Operation Residue Survey & Reports Planting Supervision Road Retirement Regeneration Surveys Site Preparation Silviculture Surveys — Tenure Administration Bid Proposals Forest Service Liaison Timber Sale Administration Private Land Extension Contract Negotiation & Administration Logging Contracts - Marketing Arrangements Sales Agreements technical I staff to service your needs }