Smokey the Bear Nature Stories

Credits:

• Pencils: Morris Gollub
• Inks: Morris Gollub
• Colors: Morris Gollub

A Forest Ranger's Duties

Storyline: Facts about the duties of a forest ranger in the National Forests.

The Fiery Trap

Storyline: Smokey, Little Smokey, and Specs the raccoon are out inspecting emergency fire stations in the forest when they come across an illegal trapline. Gimp, a villain bear, rolls a boulder toward Smokey, then plans on leaving in his truck with his poached animal skins. Smokey chases Gimp in his jeep. Gimp goes off the mountain road and the fiery crash starts a forest fire. Gimp helps fight the fire, but then escapes. Smokey chases him and the two have a showdown on a log in the river.

The Grizzly Bear

Storyline: Facts about grizzly bears, narrated by Smokey.

How to Raise Tropical Fish

Storyline: Facts about raising tropical fish in an aquarium.

Wild Turkey

Storyline: Facts about wild turkeys.

How to Make Animal Track Plaster Casts

Storyline: The procedure for making a plaster cast of an animal track.

Frogs and Toads

Storyline: Facts about frogs and toads.

How to Collect Butterflies

Storyline: How to collect butterflies for display.

The Bald Eagle

Storyline: Facts about bald eagles.

How to Make an Ant House

Storyline: How to make a house to observe ants.

The Mysterious Intruder

Storyline: The forest service airlifts beavers to build dams in the forest. Something scares the beavers away and as Smokey, Little Smokey, and Specs investigate, they find peccaries, coyotes, and pronghorn deer fleeing a mysterious intruder, which turns out to be a jaguar.

The Moose

Storyline: Facts about the moose.

Animals of North America

Storyline: Brief facts about bighorn sheep, box turtles, flying squirrels, pocket gophers, raccoons, and porcupines.

A Pledge to Parents