Smoked Bear

10/01/2021

Get your hats! Be sure to come out to Virginia City, Nevada next weekend (10/8&9th)! Chopper Rodeo and Roughstock!

Just got word from the embroiderer these bad boys will be back in stock in the next few days. We will update the stock on the site so you can get your order in. This will be the last run of these so grab one now, before they gone. Oh… we will have a few of these at the VC Round Up next weekend as well.

10/05/2018

Wildfires are emitting billions of pounds of pollution and killing millions of animals each year. Unfortunately, wildfires are on the rise. A reduction of fuels in forests and rangelands is

08/18/2014

With Mount Lewis in the background

08/14/2014

Dear Doug: The Committee for Sustainable Grazing is going to conduct a riparian grass tour of the Argenta allotment on August 16, 2014. We will specifically be looking at the

12/11/2013

The falling numbers of Sage Grouse are threatening to destroy industry in the West. Smoked Bear and Elko County believe industry is what will stop millions of animals from burning in wildfires, and ultimately save the Sage Grouse. Follow to learn more

The Raven

12/09/2013

The new SPOTTED OWL=SAGE GROUSE. The new SPOTTED OWL=SAGE GROUSE. The federal government is using Sage Grouse to destroy industry in the west, just like it did with the Spotted Owl. Follow to learn more about how industry reduces fires and saves the Sage Grouse:

ELKO — In an effort to demonstrate the effects of grazing and predator control on sage grouse, Elko County is devising its own pilot study.

04/16/2013

01/19/2013

On every report that I have read, the sage-grouse need sagebrush in order to have good breeding habitat. Fire is the # 1 killer of sagebrush and sage-grouse. One of the biggest predators of sage-grouse is the Raven, they raid the nest while the hen is gone and eat the eggs. Sagebrush is 100% of sage-grouse diet in the the winter.

USGS WERC Projects - Greater Sage-Grouse Research(Bi-State Projects)

Introduction: Loss of nesting habitat is believed to be a factor in the decline of Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) throughout their range.  Few data are available for sage-grouse in Mono County, California, in the southwestern most portion of the species’ range. Methods: We studied h...

07/09/2012

Read about the anti-Forest Service Rally in Ruidoso, NM that Smoked Bear attended. The rally highlighted the Forest Service's destructive policies that are causing millions of animals to burn in wildfires and millions of pounds of wildfire pollution to be spewed throughout our nation!

Members of the community turned out in force Saturday at Wingfield Park to rally against US Forest Service public wild land management policies. The rally, dubbed ‘For our Forests Health’ was sponsored by the Ruidoso/Lincoln County Association of Realtors.

06/27/2012

Wildfires are out of control across the west thanks to the decrease in logging and grazing.

A three-day-old wildfire erupted with catastrophic fury Tuesday, ripping across the foothills neighborhoods of Colorado Springs, devouring an untold number of homes and sending tens of thousands fleeing to safety in what was shaping up as one of the biggest disasters in state history.

06/11/2012

Millions of animals are currently burning in the western United States. These fires are not natural. Grazing and logging must be increased to save animals!

Hundreds leave homes as blaze spreads