Smokey Bear turns 80 years old on August 9. U.S. Forest Service has announced events and a coloring contest across the state including the KCNI/KBBN listening area.
A coloring contest has opened to area students, with categories for ages 3-6, 7-11, and 12-15. Coloring pages can be printed from the 80th celebration website or picked up at the local NNFG office and visitor center locations. The coloring pages must be turned in by July 31, either to a local NNFG US Forest Service office location, mailed via US Postal Service: Smokey Bear Coloring Contest c/o Supervisor’s Office, 125 N. Main Street, Chadron, NE 69337 – or emailed to [email protected]. There will be a winner selected from each category and they will receive a tree from NNFG’s own Bessey Nursery in Halsey.
The celebration website will also have a running list of events happening throughout the summer, and events will be announced on NNFG’s social media sites. Notification of operations are posted on the Facebook page.
Events currently planned are as follows:
- Smokey Bear will greet students from Burwell, NE, May 2nd, students from Mullen, NE, on May 3rd, and Stapleton & Halsey, NE on May 13th at Bessey Ranger District
- Smokey Bear appearance at Broken Bow Library May 22nd
- Smokey Bear appearance at Chadron Public Library May 25th
