Smokey The Bear

Learn all about the origin of America's fire-prevention mascot, Smokey The Bear!

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The Biltmore Estate - Asheville, NC

Gifford Pinchot, the first professional forester in the U.S.

German forester, Carl Alwin Schenck
Founder of the first forestry school in the U.S.

The first CFFP fire-prevention poster, 1943

Bambi Fire-Prevention Poster, 1943

The first Smokey Bear Poster by Albert Staehle.

Joseph "Smokey Joe" Martin

The rescued black bear, Smokey.