Did you ever pause to think about how helpful a tree is?

This activity sheet can be used for either Cub Scouts or ScoutsBSA as a gathering activity.

This last week we were on the troop summer week long scout camp up in the High Uintas of Utah. As we were hiking along between Trident and Beth Lake, I noticed that there was a ton of lichen on all the rocks.  I realized that I did not know anything about lichen, except that it is usually found growing on the rocks.  So, here is a few thing that I have found from my research.

Smokey was born on August 9, 1944. The U.S. Forest Service wanted a spokes person to continually remind people that "Care will prevent 9 out of 10 fires", and the fictitious bear was just the ticket... as they said back then.  In 1947, Smokey's message changed to the familiar "Only YOU Can Prevent Forest Fires".