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{"id":784,"date":"2025-05-02T15:48:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T19:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njdep.local\/?page_id=784"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:33:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:33:05","slug":"smokey-bear","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\/wildfire\/smokey-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"Smokey Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column]                    <div class=\"custom-fullwidth-innerhero-section\" style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/parksandforests\/\/smokey.jpg');\"><\/div>\r\n                            <div class=\"breadcrumbs w-full\"><div class=\"contentholder\"><ul id=\"breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumbs underfull\"><li class=\"item-home\"><a class=\"bread-link bread-home\" href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/parksandforests\" title=\"Home\"><strong>Home<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li class=\"separator separator-home\"> &nbsp;&nbsp;\/&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\r\n    \r\n    <style>\r\n        .custom-fullwidth-depthero-section {\r\n            position: relative;\r\n            background-size: cover;\r\n            background-position: center;\r\n            background-repeat: no-repeat;\r\n            overflow: hidden;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .custom-fullwidth-depthero-section .bg-video {\r\n            position: absolute;\r\n            top: 0;\r\n            left: 0;\r\n            width: 100%;\r\n            height: 100%;\r\n            object-fit: cover;\r\n            z-index: 0;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        .custom-fullwidth-depthero-section .custom-overlay {\r\n            position: relative;\r\n            z-index: 1;\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        @media screen and (max-width: 768px) {\r\n            .custom-fullwidth-depthero-section .bg-video {\r\n                display: none;\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n    <\/style>\r\n\r\n    [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1746215457371{padding-top: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column]   \r\n    <div class=\"custom-text_heading-section\">    \r\n        <div class=\"contentholder\">\r\n                            <div>\r\n                                            <h2 class=\"fivezero blue\">Smokey Bear<\/h2>\r\n                                                                <p><strong>Help Us \u2013 Help You...Prevent Wildfire!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n                                        One of the most widely recognized and longest standing symbols of wildfire prevention, Smokey Bear has been promoting the message \u201cOnly You Can Prevent Wildfire\u201d since 1944. 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