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Happy Birthday, @smokey-bear (August 9th)!

Everybody loves Smokey the Bear and truthfully what’s not to love?  His message of conservation and environmental concern is even more relevant today than it was in 1944 when the campaign was created.  In 1952 the Smokey the Bear song was written by Steve Nelson and Jack Rollins and became a grade school standard.  Feel free to sing along: here are the lyrics from Living, Learning, Loving West Virginia from the Conservation Commission of West Virginia, 1958.  Have fun and remember “Only you can prevent forest fires.”