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prescribed burning
Subject
Subject Source: Nalt
Scope Note: Planned use of carefully controlled fire to achieve predetermined management goals, such as wildlife management, fire hazard reduction, etc.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Our Carelessness - Their Secret Weapon! You Can Help Prevent Disastrous Forest Fires!, 1940s
Item — Folder 0040-0006: Series I [Barcode: 1023157819]
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists of posters promoting wildfire prevention, the bulk of which were produced for the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign.Some of the early posters in this series use World War II resource conservation themes from an American point of view, and a few portray negative racial and ethnic stereotypes. Most of the CFFP posters produced after 1944 feature Smokey Bear and variations of his slogan, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” The collection also...
Dates:
1940s
Plow Around for Safety - See Your Firewarden. Prevent Forest Fires., 1943
Item — Folder 0040-0005: Series I [Barcode: 1023157818]
Identifier: I
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series consists of posters promoting wildfire prevention, the bulk of which were produced for the Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) campaign.Some of the early posters in this series use World War II resource conservation themes from an American point of view, and a few portray negative racial and ethnic stereotypes. Most of the CFFP posters produced after 1944 feature Smokey Bear and variations of his slogan, “Only you can prevent forest fires.” The collection also...
Dates:
Publication: 1943
Plow Around to Prevent Forest Fires, 1945
Item — Folder 0040-0015: Series I [Barcode: 1023157828]
Identifier: I
Dates:
Publication: 1945