#63: Smokey the Bear, Colonization, and the Pyrocene

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In this episode of the 805UNCENSORED, I recorded by myself and told the story about how and why the U.S government created Smokey the Bear and why his forest fire prevention message is outdated and deeply died to colonization. In addition, I touch on the pyrocene and the new era of wildfires.

Sources used in the podcast

https://www.npr.org/2012/08/23/159373691/how-the-smokey-bear-effect-led-to-raging-wildfires

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/brief-history-smokey-bear-180972549/#:~:text=Some%20scientists%20now%20believe%20that,growth%20and%20dead%20standing%20trees.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12492/smokey-bear-effect

https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/u-s-forest-service-publications/general-publications/highlights-in-the-history-of-forest-conservation/table-of-contents/world-war-ii-period-1941-1945/)

https://www.resilience.org/stories/2019-10-29/colonization-fire-suppression-and-indigenous-resurgence-in-the-face-of-climate-change/

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