Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo in a Piper J-3 Cub by New Mexico Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950.

Smokey Bear's catchphrase changed from "Only YOU can prevent forest fires" to "Only you can prevent wildfires" in 2001. The Smokey Bear Wildfire Prevention campaign is the longest-running public ...

Smokey Bear, the beloved symbol of the U.S. Forest Service, turns 80 years old on August 9, 2024. He's been warning about forest fires and wildfires in the great outdoors for eight decades.

Smokey Bear made his first appearance on a wildfire prevention poster in 1944. Eighty years later, Smokey stands as one of the most recognizable fictional characters in the U.S. “He's an icon ...

Smokey Bear at a U.S. Forest Service event. “Only YOU can prevent wildfires.” Smokey Bear has advocated fire safety and prevention since 1944. At 80 years old, Smokey is the centerpiece of the ...

Sadly, it looks like our dear Smokey Bear is the latest local ursine to be euthanized. His inexcusable offense? Certainly not breaking into houses or eating trash, but rather, kindly asking a ...

On Aug. 9, Smokey Bear, the longest-running and most successful ad campaign in U.S. history, according to the U.S. Forest Service, turned 80 years old.

Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo in a Piper J-3 Cub by New Mexico Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950.

PITTSTON — Smokey Bear turned 80-years-old on Friday, and to celebrate Smokey’s birthday, PA State Rep. Jim Haddock, Pittston Memorial Library, and the DCNR sponsored a birthday party for the ...

Smokey Bear Celebrates 80th Anniversary - 08/09/2024. ... “Smokey has met presidents, been to space, graced postage stamps, and thrown out first pitches at baseball games!" ...

Smokey the bear cub is flown from Santa Fe, N.M., to his new home at the Washington National Zoo in a Piper J-3 Cub by New Mexico Assistant State Game Warden Homer C. Pickens in 1950.