U.S. Forest Service

Courtesy of the U.S. Forest Service, a short film in which singer Vaughn Monroe and his family vacation in the woods. While Vaughn sings folk songs and dispenses fire safety information, his young daughter Chris wanders off into the forest alone and has a brief encounter with a man in a cheap Smokey the Bear costume.

Aldo Leopold is considered the most important conservationist of the twentieth-century. He is the father of the national wilderness system, wildlife management and ecological restoration. His classic book A Sand County Almanac inspires us to see the natural world as a community to which we belong. Green Fire explores Leopold's personal journey of observation and understanding and reveals how his ideas resonate today with people across the entire American landscape, from inner cities to the remotest wildlands. The film challenges viewers to contemplate their own relationship with the land community.

Several children spend a day in the forest and learn from Smokey Bear the five rules to fire safety.