Join us Saturday, August 18, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a free and family-friendly event at Vinton Furnace State Forest on Saturday, August 18, 2018, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Activities will be tailored for kids (grades K-6) to foster good environmental stewardship in the future.
Fun, hands-on activities will include wagon rides through the woods, nature hikes, forest wildlife, pollinators and insects, forestry tools and science, Native American mound builders, wildfire prevention with Smokey Bear, and a portable sawmill. The Vinton County 4-H Club will be serving food.
This even is part of the “2nd Friday Series” programs that run from May through November and are sponsored by the Education and Demonstration Subcommittee of the Vinton Furnace State Forest with support from Ohio State University Extension, Ohio Department of Natural Resources Divisions
Join us for our wild Weekend Discovery Series programs this summer for children ages preschool to 5th grade. In this event, kids will meet a Forest Service Archaeologist and learn how to explore the past by digging in a sandbox for small keepsakes.
These fun sessions are free and scheduled for one hour from 10-11 a.m. Space is limited to 20 children, so please pre-register by calling today at (740) 753-0542. This event will be held in Athens County at the Wayne National Forest Headquarters & Athens Ranger Station, located off US Hwy 33 between Nelsonville and The Plains.
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