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  • Smokey Bear 75th Birthday Edition of “Highlights”

    Mid-Atlantic Compact Sparks Special 75th Commemorative Edition With funding from the USDA Forest Service and more than 20 state forestry agencies, a 16-page Smokey Bear booklet developed by Mid-Atlantic Fire Compact was delivered to nearly a million Highlights Magazine subscribers in April. WASHINGTON—In celebration of Smokey Bear’s 75th birthday and his iconic wildfire prevention message,…

  • Mid-Atlantic Fire Compact awarded “Gold Smokey”

    The 2018 Gold Smokey Award has been awarded to the Mid-Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact and its fire prevention and education committee. The compact is comprised of seven states including New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia. The group gets together once or twice a year to create prototypes that help…

  • Funds raised for Wildland Firefighter Foundation

    McHenry, Maryland — Students attending the eleventh annual Mid-Atlantic Wildfire Training Academy at Garrett College took a break from their studies last evening for a barbecue dinner, hosted by the Academy.   ​At the academy-wide dinner, students, instructors and staff bid on donated items at the silent and live auctions and purchased raffle tickets.  The…