1.   He saw no fire suppression, but scant brush and ample spacing of pines where wildfires regularly moved through the forests.

2.   And in Colorado, where the spruce budworm is devouring the Douglas fir in huge numbers, the practice of fire suppression has made matters worse.

3.   Behind the explosive nature of many Western fires today is the Smokey the Bear ethic of total fire suppression.

4.   A century of fire suppression has left forests virtually devoid of grasses and chock-full of small trees that are creating potentially catastrophic fire hazards in many places.

5.   A spokesman for the Wilderness Society said while he disagrees with fire suppression, he is calling for a slower pace of action.

6.   Both short-sighted logging and excessive fire suppression are cited as causes of the overcrowding.

7.   But after World War II, a Smokey the Bear ethic took hold in the West, and total fire suppression became a national goal.

8.   Controlled burning, as opposed to instant fire suppression, has been debated for years in other places, including Yellowstone and other national parks and wilderness areas.

9.   Cost, for instance, favors fire suppression over burning, says Dr. Stephen J. Pyne of the University of Arizona, a historian of fire and fire policy.

10.   Fire suppression became the order of the day.