Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 18, 2025

Title 36 - Parks, Forests, and Public Property last revised: Jul 18, 2025
§ 271.3 - Public service use.

The Chief may authorize the use of Smokey Bear for non-commercial educational purposes, without charge, when such use is essentially as a public service, and will, in his judgment, contribute to public information and education concerning the prevention of forest fires.

authority: 66 Stat. 92 (18 U.S.C. 711)
cite as: 36 CFR 271.3