You probably know Smokey Bear. He is the delightful mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, created in 1944 to remind us to be careful with our precious wildland resources. But even after all these years, wildfire are still a major concern. In fact, according to SmokeyBear.com, in 2015, 58,916 human-caused wildfires burned over 2 million acres. But what this fact doesn’t share is the hardship caused by these careless beings on their fellow humans. The loss of life, homes, livelihoods and more and untold damage to the wildlife.
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Funding Wildfire Prevention Education – Filson & the U.S. Forest Service Team Up
Filson, a Seattle company renowned for their durable, quality products made here in the USA, has been supporting the U.S. Forest Service for more than 75 years. This year in celebration of Smokey’s 72nd birthday, they’ve created the Smokey Bear collection. To celebrate the new collection of goods bearing his resemblance, Smokey Bear recently visited the Seattle Filson flagship store to share wildfire prevention, safe practices for outdoor fires, and more.
The Filson Smokey Bear Collection
A portion of the sale of these products will benefit wildfire prevention education. The collection runs from $25 to $1,000 and will make great gifts for your favorite outdoor lover! With a state park ranger and a fire department captain in the family, both also trained wildland firefighters, you can be sure I’ll be picking up a few of these as gifts for them. It’s a great cause and beautiful products from a company that’s known for their quality goods and social consciousness.
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This is such a great service. I know that when I was little I was more aware of fires because of these type of campaigns.
Having a cute bear like that for a logo is a winner for me. That symbolizes innocence and ferocity. There’s really a lot of ways to prevent wildfires from being set.
Everybody knows Smokey! I had no idea he had been around for so long. Need to nab some goodies for the family.
I remember all the Smokey the Bear commercials when I was a kid. I had no idea there was a collection of the bears. How cool. I might have to check it out someday.
OMG Smokey the Bear is still around! I grew up on him ‘Only You Can Prevent Forrest Fires”! One of the best slogans of the 90s!
thank you so much for sharing this post! I can’t think of a better way to support the U.S. Forest Service! Love that I can purchase one of these products to support keeping our forests safe and fire free. And oh how I love smokey the bear! That watch and that water bottle have my name written all over them!
Wow! Smokey the bear. what a memory that is! I think its important people realize how dangerous and serious the forest fires are. I see so much of it on tv its really sad. This is really great, so many awesome items for such a great cause!
That’s a great collection! I would definitely support this, seeing as my home state was ravaged by wildfires over the fall. I would definitely have a Smokey the Bear watch to support the efforts to prevent wildfires.
What a lovely initiative! It’s great that we’re raising awareness on wildfire prevention, it’s important that we make people aware of the consequences of wildfire. This is a cause that’s worth supporting.
Aw, that;s adorable! Love that they are making ways to get more people aware of wildfire prevention. Such a great way to help our nature!
I grew up with Smokey The Bear. I love the watch. It is a great gift idea.
I always loved Smokey the Bear growing up! I love that there is a great line of products now available that help the forests. We definitely need to preserve them for the health of the planet!
I remember seeing Smokey the Bear in commercials growing up. How awesome that there is an entire collection of items and that they benefit a great cause.
This collection is the coolest. I’m liking the apparel they have. What an awesome way to support the U.S. Forest Service.
What a great service! It is so scary the effects that wildfires has on our country and people pay no mind to it!!
Oh my goodness, I totally remember Smokey Bear! The Filson Smokey Bear collection seems like a great program and has really cute stuff… going to a great cause as well so I love it even more!
I love the idea of the Smoky Bear collection. We had a bunch of forest fires this year so we are all familiar with Smokey billboards!
That is so great! We have too many wildfires. With climate change and people generally being thoughtless, our forests are paying the price. Thanks for sharing this.