SMOKEY’S CORNER
 with
Jay Esperance
 

Jay Esperance - Fire Management Officer
Smokey Bear Ranger District, Ruidoso, New Mexico

Jay Esperance is the (FMO) Fire Management Officer for the
Smokey Bear Ranger District, located in the Lincoln National Forest. Topics on Smokey's Corner range from fire prevention, logistics, fire management and a wide array of guests that work, live and protect our national forests.
To reach Jay, call (575) 257-4095.
Additional fire information can be obtained at: Click Here or
by calling (575) 257-4095, or toll free: 1-877-864-6985.
 

(Above: Smokey Bear and Jay Esperance at the Spencer Theater, Alto, NM)

Lincoln National Forest Informational Website
Your source for trail maps, firewood and Christmas Tree cutting
permits and general forest information. Phone 505-257-4095

Email Smokey Bear

Smokey Bear.Org 

In the Studio
Jay Esperance does an outstanding job of preparing for
Smokey's Corner. His guests always show up. (They like the coffee)
 

Trivia Notes:
Smokey's Trivia comes from a great many sources,including our guests.
If you would like to submit a trivia question to be used on the show,
email Jay at: Smokey's Corner or Click Here.

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SMOKEY’S CORNER - SCHEDULED GUESTS
 

Nov 8                Guest: Keith Roberts - Front Desk/Smokey's Vault Keeper
?                      Smokey Bear Ranger District - Front Office  Hear the show

Nov 1                  Guest: Joe Garcia - Public Affairs Officer
Lincoln National Forest - Website:  USFS

Joseph Garcia                         Hear the show
1101 New York Avenue
Alamogordo, NM 88310 Phone (505) 434-7200

Oct 25                Guest: Chief John Searing - Fire Chief   Hear the show
Brookhaven National Laboratory's
 Links: Brookhaven NL Fire-Rescue

Mobile Command Post

 

<-- Here's a picture of John's daughters!
To write or contact Chief Searing or BNL Fire-Rescue:

New York Wildfire Academy

Brookhaven National Laboratory - Fire Rescue Group
P.O. Box 5000, Bldg. 599
Upton, New York 11973

Oct 18                Guest: Jim Pitts - Fuel Management Specialist
           Smokey Bear Ranger Districts
           Hear the show: Click Here

Picture: Jim Pitts in "Studio B"



Oct 11                Guest: Chuck Schmidt - BLM Fire management Officer
   1983 graduate of Ruidoso High School.
     Chuck oversees over one million acres of BLM land.
     Chuck is married and lives in Roswell.
     Trivia: Who is the pilot of the Smokey Bear Balloon?
     hear the show: Click here

Oct 4                          Guest: Eloyce Promenschenkel – Natural Resource/Rec Manager
   Smokey Bear Ranger District
       Listeners will find Eloyce's interview a fascinating one.
       Her story is one to remember.
      Hear the show: Click Here
 

 

Sep 27 Rebroadcast  Guests:  Kevin Sanchez & Terry Scarafiotti
                            Topic: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
                           
Sep 20                  Guests:  Kevin Sanchez & Terry Scarafiotti
                            Topic: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
                            
Sep 13                  Mark Tarantino - Senior Special Agent - U.S.Forest Service  
     Topic: DRUGS, Law Enforcement
    Website information: Methamphetamine,
   "Pot War in the Forest" - Article from "Solders Online"
   "Pot Growers Engage Hunters in Shootout" - Article
   Hear the program: Click Here
   
Sept 6            Alan Morel - Attorney, County Attorney for Lincoln County

Aug 30                Guest: Colten Moor - A young Firefighter for the USFS
                       Colton lives in Capitan, New Mexico.
    Trivia: What 5 colors does Smokey use for fire danger?
    Additional fire information can be obtained at
    http://web.archive.org/web/20060212224934/http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/fire/ or
    call (505) 257-4095     or toll free at 1-877-864-6985

 

Aug 23                 Mike Runnells - Attorney - Topic: Upper Canyon Fire Escape Route Plan
                            Fort Stanton Commission & Future
Mike has served the people of the State of New Mexico in many ways
in years past. Mike has served as a Santa Fe City Councilman, two-term
District Attorney in the 13th Judicial District. Runnells also served as
Lt. Governor during the Tony Anaya administration. He is current Chairman of the Fort Stanton Commission.
To hear the interview on KEDU, click here.

Aug 16                 Professor Char Miller - Hear Smokey's Corner: Click Here

Professor Char Miller - ©2004 Mark Greenberg, San Antonio Current.
The local  weekly featured Miller's work in "Taking it to the Streets."

Professor Miller specializes in American environmental, social, and cultural history.
He served as chair of the History Department from 1998 to 2004, and since 2001 has been
Director of Urban Studies. He was named a Piper Professor for teaching excellence in 2002, a state-wide
prize awarded by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation for excellence in teaching and service to higher education;
in 1997, he was awarded the Dr. and Mrs. Z. T. Scott Faculty Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching at Trinity
University. He has the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Johns Hopkins University. Vita

A Senior Fellow of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, Miller is a Contributing Writer of the Texas Observer,
serves on the Editorial Boards of Environmental History, Pacific Historical Review, and the Trinity University
Press, and is on the Board of Directors of the Forest History Society. A member of the Trustee Advisory Board
for the Witte Museum in San Antonio, he served on the City of San Antonio's Open Space Advisory Board and
its Tree Preservation Ordinance Panel.

While on leave in 2004-05, Miller will serve as P. J. Roosevelt Lecturer for the Theodore Roosevelt Association
and the Centennial Lecturer for the U.S. Forest Service. The latter organization is sponsoring a cross-country
tour of the United States allowed Miller to speak on the history and politics of federal land management since
the late nineteenth century. The tour began in September in Montana (see Missoulian coverage), wended its
way through Canada, Alaska, California and Oregon, and then east to New Hampshire, North Carolina and Florida.
Then there were stops in Washington, D.C., Oregon (see Medford coverage), Minnesota, and Michigan,
and in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, among many other places--a remarkable way to see this enormous
country and its varied ecosystems

This is the website:
http://www.islandpress.org/books/detail.html/SKU/1-55963-823-0

Jay Esperance (Studio B - Holding Professor Miller's book)
Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism

For more information, click here.
 

Aug 9              John Andrews - BIA Supervisory Forester

Aug  2              Larry Cordova – Wildlife Biologist – Smokey Bear Ranger District and
                   Terry Scarafiotti and Ben Byrd – State Game Wardens
                   Topic – Careers in Wildlife Management
                        Link: New Mexico Game & Fish
                           
                        (L-R: Larry Cordova, Ben Byrd, Terry Scarafiotti and Jay Esperance)

July 26              Corbin Newman – National Fire Plan Leader – U.S. Forest Service

July 19              Clifton “Coach” Neal – Discipline Coordinator - Ruidoso Middle School and
                    Firefighter at Smokey Bear Ranger District

July 12              Bill Tucker – Fire Prevention Technician –Smokey Bear Ranger District

July 6                Roger Stutts - Resource Manager – Institute of Forest Genetics
                    U.S. Forest Service - Placerville, CA.

June 28             John Bedell – Agency Liaison – Ecological Restoration Institute
                         Northern Arizona University, member of the Greater Ruidoso Wildland
                         Urban Interface Working Group, Website: http://web.archive.org/web/20060212224934/http://www.eri.nau.edu/
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June 21              Andrew Mills - Assistant General Manager- Superior Helicopter
                         Website: http://web.archive.org/web/20060212224934/http://www.superiorhelicopter.com/


June 14              Bill Martin, Lincoln County Emergency Services Coordinator

June 7                Chris Adams - Archeologist - Lincoln National Forest
                          For more info: http://web.archive.org/web/20060212224934/http://www.passportintime.com/ or
                          http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/lincoln/contact/archaeology/index.htm


May 31               2005 KId's Fishing Day - June 4th, Larry Cordova, USFS Wildlife Bilogist,
                          Terry Scarafiotti, New Mexico Fish & Game Officer
 
May 24               Buck Sanchez, District Ranger, Smokey Bear Ranger District

May 17               The "Best of Smokey's Corner"

May 10               Live from Pasco, Washington...it' s Jaaaaaaay Esperance!
                          Guest: Ed Lewis, Fire Chief, Spokane County District 4
                          Website Link: http://web.archive.org/web/20060212224934/http://www.scfd4.org/
 
April 26           Eddie Tudor - Park manager, Smokey Bear Historical Park
                     Capitan, New Mexico, www.smokeybearpark.com

March 29         Butch Blazer - New Mexico State Forrester


 The Western Counties Partnership on Restoration (CPR) Summit:
 A Response to the President’s Forest Health Initiative and the
 Western Governors’ Association 10-Year Plan March 30-31, 2005 in Ruidoso.

Agenda Agenda Addendum: Breakout Panel Schedule Register Press Release


March 22              Marilyn Hansen & Carolyn Schrader
                           Smokey Bear’s Hometown Association
                         Smokey Bear’s Hometown Association
                         P.O. Box 223, Capitan, NM 88316
                         Smokey Bear Historical Park – 505-354-2748

                         Email: Marilyn Hansen:  mhansen@zianet.com or call 354-3392.
                         Carolyn Schrader: Southwest Book Roundup, 123 Smokey Bear Blvd.
                         in Capitan across the street from the grocery store. Their hours
                         are Thursday & Friday nights 6-9 all day Saturday and Sunday.

March 15                    Johnny Wilson - Recreation, Lands & Minerals Staff Officer

March 8                Virgil Reynolds – Ruidoso – Fire Chief
                          Virgil Reynolds – Engine Captain – 133 –Smokey Bear Ranger District

March 1                Roy Hall – Assistant Regional Fire Director – Fuels/Ecosite Mgmt.

Feb 22                   Tate Pruett – Captain Engine 135- Smokey Bear Ranger District
                               Capitan Work Center

Feb 15                   Dave Steinke, co-producer of the Forest Service
                          Documentary: "The Greatest Good"  See movie:
                               
Feb 8                      Tim Bertrand - Law Enforcement Officer - Smokey Bear Ranger Dist.

Feb 1                   Jan Fite - Smokey Bear Collector
                           Most of our listeners heard that the Smokey Bear
                           Hot Air balloon crashed this last Fall.  For details
                           of the crash and what is being done to build a new
                           Contact Info:

                          Jan Fite       Email: marvinjan6@msn.com
                          740 S. 4th Street
                          Raton, NM 87740
                          Phone (505) 445-2039
                                            
                          Smokey Bear Balloon Info:
                          Friends of Smokey Bear  Balloon
                             
January 25          Brett Martinez – Fire Marshal/Arson K-9 Team
                          Suffolk County – New York

January 11          Marilyn Trotter – Local Musician - Publisher of Ruidoso Visitors Guide

January 18          James Villard – Fire Management Officer – Sacramento Ranger District

Announcements:

 " Happy Holidays!" 

Smokey Bear & Jay Esperance at the
Spencer Theater Alto, NM

Bob Phaup - Technical Director
Spencer Theater (The Wizard)



Nov 30            Julian Affuso – Hot Shot Captain - Smokey Bear Hot Shots
                      Smokey’s Trivia:  In 1984, the US Postal Service
                      issued a 20-cent postage stamp depicting a bear
                      cub clinging to a burnt tree with the famous Smokey
                      Bear emblem as a background.  Who designed the stamp?

Nov 2             Mark Remington- Singer/Songwriter
     Mark is scheduled to perform "The New Smokey Bear Song."
      Email Mark at:  markremington@valornet.com

 

 UPDATE 10-29-04

Jay was working on a huge fire near Leavenworth, Washington. He hosted Smokey's
 Corner, Tuesday, 8-24-04...Live from the Fischer Fire.  Guests included Mel Wyles,
Mayor of Leavenworth and Bob Anderson, Incident Commander. As always, the studio
 talk line is (505) 630-8255 (TALK)

Oct 26,       Chuck Hamilton - Reg. Supervisor of Emergency Response
 Coordinator - New York State Click Here

SEPT 28        Jay live from Santa Rosa, Florida! - Website
 

Sept 14          Dr. Karl Wood – New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
     http://wrri.nmsu.edu

Managing Off-Highway Vehicles - Website

OHV Draft Policy News Release - July 7, 2004

AUG 31        Nancy Taylor - USFS Off-Highway Vehicle
                   Coordinator - Civil Engineer

Aug 10           Paul Wetzel - Sierra Contracting - Sierra Contracting, Inc.

Aug 3             Clifton "Coach" Neal - Engine 133/RHS

July 27          Jay Esperance (Wings It)

July 20          Dale Bosworth - US Forest Service Chief

July 13          Rick D'iaco – Director of Forestry - Village of Ruidoso

July 6          Dr. Karl Wood – New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute
  Click here :   http://wrri.nmsu.edu

 

June 29         Harv Forsgren– Regional Forester – Southwestern Region
United States Forest Service

Jay Esperance & Harv Forsgren in "Studio B" during
 Smokey's Corner on KEDU.

A note from Harv Forsgren:

http://fsweb.r3.fs.fed.us/pao/sw-news/june2004/