Nehemiah 2:8 - "and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams. for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house which I shall occupy."

I suppose that when we are reminded of forest rangers, or foresters, almost automatically, our thoughts turn to Smoky the Bear. And, if they had known about him in biblical tim…