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Hey all you riddle fans, sharpen your metaphorical pencils, get your wit ready and send ±¬ÁϹ«Éç Alaska your original limericks or answer the fill-in-the-blank puzzles below for a chance at some cool prizes. The deadline’s 5 p.m. Alaska time on May 3, so don’t miss your opportunity. Five winners, selected at random, will receive copies of the beautiful by Amy Gulick about the 17-million acre Tongass National Forest.

 

What’s the contest all about? (Find detailed instructions ). ±¬ÁϹ«Éç Alaska wants you to learn about the prized wildlife in the one of the last temperate rainforests. The Tongass is home to five Pacific salmon species, brown bears, old-growth forest with some 700-year-old trees, plus much more.  

 

To enter is simple. Watch a quick video, then fill in the blanks to these three limericks:

 

1. It’s the Tongass, why should we care?
The forest is ancient and rare!
In addition to that, it’s prime habitat
for the burly and awesome _____________ (2 words).

2. This bird is noble and regal.
It appears on tender that’s legal.
It lives in the Tongass, where its numbers are strongest.
It’s the stately, majestic _____________

(2 words).

3. The bears would be facing a famine
if the Tongass lost all of its ____________

.
Five species abound; they’re there to be found
if the creeks we explore and examine.

Submit your answers to ±¬ÁϹ«Éç Alaska, and cross your fingers.
If you’re up for more of a challenge,

write an original limerick about this special forest; the best one earns a copy of Salmon in the Trees, plus an 8x10 print of the image at left from Gulick’s book.

 

If writing a poem doesn’t feel like enough, check out ±¬ÁϹ«Éç Alaska’s for more information about going a step further.