Every year the U.S. Forest Service, CAL FIRE, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of Indian Affairs and Sacramento Metropolitan Fire collaborate to bring visitors of the California State Fair a fun, educational and interactive fire safety exhibit called "Camp Smokey."
Children are encouraged to pick up a passport at the beginning of the camp. With passport in hand, visitors travel between displays collecting stamps. Each location provides fire safety messages or gives insight into how to maintain healthy forests.
New additions to the exhibit this year include a diorama on prescribed burns and a tree mortality and bark beetle display. Smokey Bear will make regular appearances throughout the day to help re-enforce the fire prevention messages the kids have learned.
Children who collect all the stamps for their passports will earn a Smokey Bear bandanna as a reward.
Camp Smokey is open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The California State Fair runs from July 8 through July 24 in Sacramento, California.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
