Smokey Bear is known to generations who grew up hearing "Only ... The story became national news and the cub was sent to reside at the National Zoo in Washington as a real-life embodiment of Smokey.

Both the Smokey Bear character and the real life Smokey hail from Washington, D.C. In 1950, an orphaned bear cub was rescued from a wildfire in New Mexico and brought to Washington to live at the ...

So, it's Smokey Bear's 80th birthday on Aug. 9, which is a really long time to be preventing wildfires. David Pollack / Corbis via Getty Images But I actually learned recently that Smokey isn't a ...

Smokey Bear, the beloved symbol of the U.S. Forest Service, turns 80 years old on August 9, 2024. ... a real-life bear that was known as "Smokey Bear." The living Smokey Bear, ...

Smokey Bear was also a real-life bear who was the victim of a wildfire as a young cub, according to the Smithsonian Institution. In 1950, a wildfire broke out in the Lincoln National Forest in New ...

From his humble beginnings as a fictional character to his transformation into a real-life survivor and national icon, Smokey Bear has become one of the most recognizable figures in American ...

While Smokey Bear was the star of the CFFP campaign, it wasn’t until 1950 that there was a real-life Smokey Bear introduced to the public. In Capitan, New Mexico, ...