Watch: 30-Foot-Tall 'Smokey Bear' Statue In South Dakota Recognizes City's History Of Fighting Forest Fires

Check out this giant carving of Smokey Bear in Hill City, South Dakota. Locals call the 30-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide wooden statue the “largest Smokey Bear in the world.” It was built as a nod to the city’s history of fighting forest fires.

Tuesday, May 11th 2021, 9:39 am

By: CBS News


Check out this giant carving of Smokey Bear in Hill City, South Dakota. Locals call the 30-foot-tall, 25-foot-wide wooden statue the “largest Smokey Bear in the world.” It was built as a nod to the city’s history of fighting forest fires.

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