Smokey Bear, the U.S. Forest Service's symbol of fire prevention, turns 75 on Friday. Smokey is the longest-running public service ad campaign, first appearing on a poster on Aug. 9, 1944. While his ...

CAPITAN, N.M. — In honor of Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday, the Smokey Bear Historical Park is hosting a two-week exhibit of the original artist’s paintings. Smokey Bear was a real bear burned in a 1950 ...

Friday marks a big birthday for Smokey Bear. The grizzly face of fire prevention was introduced on Aug. 9, 1944 — 75 years ago — by the U.S. Forest Service and the Ad Council, then called the War ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — The Custer Gallatin National Forest will celebrate Smokey Bear's 80th birthday with an artwork tour Aug. 12 to Aug. 23. The tour will feature artwork of Smokey, by Rudolph "Rudy" ...

Throughout the past 70 years, there's been one person, or bear rather, who has been responsible for educating the world about the dangers of forest fires. Smokey the Bear, the beloved spokesperson for ...

Smokey Bear is turning 80 years old this year. In his 8 decades, Smokey has become one of the world’s most recognizable bears. But Smokey Bear was close to being a well-loved baby deer known as Bambi.

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — One of the nation’s ...

Ray Kresek says the origins of what he calls the world’s largest Smokey Bear collection – which exists in a crowded but neatly arranged room in the basement of his home on the far North Side of ...

CAMANO ISLAND — Smokey Bear is back in town. Only you can protect him. What’s up with that? The 5-foot metal cutout is the third Smokey Bear to stand by the fire danger warning sign on Highway 532 ...

Smokey Bear is turning 70 on Saturday — but don’t bring any candles to the party, please. As the friendly, huggable bear with the brimmed hat and shovel enters his golden years, he’s burning up ...