Later, an orphaned cub named Smokey generates so much fan mail that he is assigned his own ZIP code. Navy dive- bombers are modified to blitz wildfires. Sodium calcium borate, the first air-dropped retardant, rains down on the Inaja Fire in Southern California. Realizing that fire can, at times, be beneficial, the Forest Service shifts its focus from fire eradication to fire management. The military pitches in to fight fires in Yellowstone.
Huge blazes drive home the futility of suppressing all fires.
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