MDC celebrating Smokey Bear`s 75th birthday at Ozark Empire Fair
(WorldNews Sport)

The best part of Smokey Bear’s 75-year story is that his message seems to have raised the country’s fire-awareness conscious. While it’s true there’s still room for more awareness – more than 70,000 wildfires char approximately seven million acres in the U.S. each year – these numbers represent a considerable drop from the 160,000-plus fires the U.S. experienced annually in the 1930s. ......