Smokey Bear is about to turn 80 – and Discover Your Forest, Deschutes National Forest invite you to his birthday party

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Discover Your Forest and Deschutes National Forest are throwing Smokey Bear a birthday party on Friday, August 9, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Cascade Lakes Welcome Station.

The festivities will include taking pictures with Smokey and various kid-friendly activities. Forest rangers and guests will sing Smokey “Happy Birthday” at 12:00 p.m. A limited number of birthday cupcakes will also be provided at 12:00 p.m. until they run out.

Located just past milepost seven on the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway at 18500 Cascade Lakes National Scenic Byway, Bend, OR 97702, the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station serves as a gateway to some of the most popular trails and lakes on the Deschutes National Forest. The Welcome Station also offers parking and access to Phil’s and Wanoga mountain biking trail systems.

Stop by the Cascade Lakes Welcome Station to help wish “Happy Birthday” to Smokey and meet some of his forest ranger friends!

For more information, please contact Emily Curtis, Discover Your Forest’s Wildland Fire Education Coordinator, at emily.curtis@discovernw.org.

Discover Your Forest is the nonprofit stewardship partner of the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests and Crooked River National Grassland.  Learn more about their mission at: https://discoveryourforest.org/