Smokey Bear stands guard in national ... factors that can lead to higher than normal fire activity,” said James Heaton, with the USDA Forest Service. Local forestry service staff maintain ...

Submitted photoTK-3rd grade students at Woodland Elementary got to meet Smokey Bear earlier this month and learn all about ...

The Forest Service commissioned Staehle to make the first Smokey poster ... a wildfire in New Mexico heard there was a bear cub alone near the fire line. The blaze nearly killed about 30 ...

In the name of those who through man’s carelessness perished in forest fires of the past; in the name of that host of men and women who are standing ...

We often view government as detached from and unresponsive to everyday citizens. But there are exceptions, brought to life by the many individual government employees who care deeply about their ...

The DNR’s Wildland Fire Division used federal grant money to wrap 10 cache trailers with prevention messaging and Smokey Bear ...

Smokey Bear’s message that “Only you can prevent forest fires” is appropriate for an area recently experiencing dry conditions and high winds. It’s also hard to forget, with a towering ...

The U.S. Forest Service is firing around 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service is terminating about 1,000 under ...

For more than 80 years, Smokey the Bear' has persuasively led public information campaigns in support of fire safety ... “Only you can prevent forest fires.” Human-centered media campaigns ...

Just as Smokey the Bear told Americans in the 1940s “Only you can stop a forest fire,” someone needs to tell Americans today ...