Notes:
Indicia title is "SMOKEY THE BEAR NATURE STORIES, No. 1016." Code number is SMOKEY N.C. #1016-598. (No O.S. in code number and N.C. (Nature Comics?) instead of N.S.). Copyright 1959 by Western Printing and Lithographing Co. "Authorized and approved by the State Foresters and the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Advertising Council." Printed in U.S.A.
Sixth of eight Smokey the Bear Four Colors.
No month is given on the cover or in the indicia. Based on the copyright dates of this issue and others in the series released around the same time, one can determine that this issue was published with other Four Color issues bearing an "August-October 1959" cover date.
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date.