LETTERS
- Share via
Re “Smokey still has his fire lines,” Column One, July 24
Though I too would like to celebrate Smokey Bear’s 65th birthday, I must concur with the view that suppression policies set in motion during World War II have had negative impacts on the overgrowth of many forests and the subsequent devastating fires.
I went to the Angeles National Forest in high school, when Smokey was young, and we revered him and his message. When I became a professor of geography (including conservation), I took a different approach to fire suppression. I might point out that contradictions in conservation exist in other areas: the mixed blessing of dams, nuclear energy and hazardous waste.
Ecology has come of age.
Imre Sutton
Fullerton
::
That’s rich -- American icon Smokey Bear trinkets outsourced to China.
John Wood
Oakland
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
