• phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Smokey is not a mascot of the National Park Service, but the Forest Service, which is under the Department of Agriculture (national forests are a “crop”).

    National Park Service is under the Department of Interior.

    Get your federal agencies straight!

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    You aren’t actually supposed to prevent forest fires though, hence why Canada switched the bear for this twink: