Primus was studying The Hobbit and when she got to the part about Mirkwood, her curriculum suggested that she research a National Forest. She found an address online for Tahoe National Forest and wrote to them to request information.
She included a self-addressed, stamped envelope and I assumed she would just get a form letter directing her to their website (the Forest Service website is actually very informative.)
In actuality, they sent her a huge envelope full of fun stuff, like the Smoky Bear-shaped bookmark pictured above.
Of course a nice letter was included, along with these really neat 8.5 X 11 posters of insects, animals, flowers, bird nests, footprints, butterflies, birds, trees, and reptiles.
Here's a large poster about fossils.
Finally, this old Junior Forest Ranger Handbook cracked me up. It was originally published decades ago. I'm so curious! Are they still publishing these things? Did they make a million of these originally and still haven't passed them all out? Did they just happen to find one hanging around the office and decide to throw it in her envelope?
It was such a surprise to receive all these goodies in the mail. Definitely made Primus' day and gave her lots of things to read to learn about forests!
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