CAPITAN, N.M. (KRQE) – One of New Mexico’s most iconic residents is celebrating a big milestone. Friday is Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday and his legacy lives on decades after he died. A ...

CAPITAN, New Mexico (KVIA) -- The Seven Cabins Fire is burning in the Smokey Bear Ranger District in the Capitan Mountains right now. The fire is located about about 16 miles northeast of Capitan ...

This U.S. Forest Service film tells the story of the real Smokey Bear, from his rescue during a 1950 forest fire in New Mexico’s Capitan Mountains to his life at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

Smokey’s story is one of survival against the odds. As fire swept through the Capitan Mountains in New Mexico, the black bear cub became trapped and apparently orphaned by the blaze.

CAPITAN, N.M. (KRQE) – One of New Mexico’s most iconic residents is celebrating a big milestone. Friday is Smokey Bear’s 80th birthday and his legacy lives on decades after he died. A w… ...