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Smokey Bears' Hometown Association, Capitan, NM

Member Since: January 12, 2010
Capitan, New Mexico

 
  Started in 2004 to celebrate Smokey's 60th birthday,Smokey Bear Days has become an annual event held the first Friday and Saturday of May.  This date was chosen because it honors the date Smokey was found, May 9, 1950.  The Smokey Bear Days mission is to promote the fire prevention message and to educate visitors to the Capitan area about the dangers of unwanted, human caused wildfires.  Smokey Bear's first appearance was in a 1944 Cooperative Forest Fire Prevention (CFFP) poster.  The history of Smokey's Fire Prevention campaign and the cub found in the Capitan Mountains has international influence.  Come discover the story at SmokeyBear Historical Park.

Admission to Smokey Bear Historical Park is $2.00 per adult, children 7-12 $1.00 and 6 and under are free.
Winter business hours are 9:00am-4:30pm everyday
Summer business hours are 9:00am-5:00pm everyday
Closed only on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day

Contact information: 118 W. Smokey Bear Blvd, PO Bos 591
                               Capitan, New Mexico 88316
                               575-354-2748

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Ruidoso Visitor Guide, Smokey Bear Days program - food, arts and crafts, entertainment, education,parade,car show,fire fighter challenge,chainsaw carvings
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