A statewide nature-backpack total is not a branch inventory

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AI-assisted · Last verified Official program page excerpt checked October 18, 2026.

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The Library of Virginia describes a partnership with Virginia State Parks and the Science Museum of Virginia providing 87 library systems with nearly 800 nature backpacks. Those are statewide program figures, not a count of bags waiting at any one branch.

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Ask your library whether it participates, what is available and what its loan terms require. This statewide information is useful to Gretna-area readers, but it does not establish inventory, reservations or eligibility at a particular local branch.

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