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Smokey Bear is an American campaign and advertising icon of the U.S. Forest Service in the Wildfire Prevention Campaign, which is the longest-running public service announcement campaign in United States history. The Ad Council, the Forest Service, and the National Association of State Foresters, in partnership with creative agency FCB, employ ...
The theme song, written by Jules Bass and Maury Laws, tells a brief summary of the bear's history: he was saved as a cub from a forest fire in New Mexico by a ranger, who named him Smokey and brought him to Washington, D.C. [9] There, he became a ranger, and we see him wear a ranger hat and grab his trusty shovel as he grows to a full size, adult bear.
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.
Without Smokey Bear protecting their home, the other caring, crude and cuddly bears might not have a place to stomp around. Smokey’s story goes back to World War II. Many firefighters were ...
Harry Rossoll. Harry Rossoll ( fl. 1937 – 1999) was an American artist and illustrator best known as one of the creators of Smokey Bear. Rossoll also created much of the art on display at the Forest Heritage Center at Beavers Bend State Park in Broken Bow, Oklahoma .
In the 1950s through the mid-70s, in addition to the fictional Smokey, there was also a real bear, named Smokey, that lived at the National Zoo. A cub was rescued from a New Mexico fire. A cub was ...
Rudy Wendelin. Rudy Wendelin c. 1960. Rudolph Andreas Michael Wendelin (1910–2000) was a United States Forest Service employee and the best-known artist behind Smokey Bear. Beginning in 1944, Wendelin became the full-time artist for the Smokey Bear campaign. He was considered Smokey Bear's "caretaker" until his retirement in 1973.
1. Smokey is tied to WWII. “A lot of people forget that wood was actually a vital war resource,” Bramwell said. “All the tanks and guns and everything and airplanes, they were made out of ...