Guests reach Spirit Bear Lodge by flying from Vancouver to the small airport at Bella Bella (scheduled for 90 minutes but it can take longer), then transfering to a boat for a two-hour journey north ...

This winter, 19 paintings depicting Smokey Bear — the iconic symbol of the U.S. Forest Service’s wildfire prevention campaign — will be on display at four Will County nature sites.

Visitors can see 19 paintings that were created between 1977 and 1995 of Smokey Bear, the official spokesbear of the U.S. Forest Service’s wildfire prevention campaign. Artist Rudolph “Rudy ...