Annual Merrill School Forest Family Fun Day is that this Saturday

By Tina L. Scott
Editor

It’s that point of 12 months once more: Time for a day of free out of doors winter enjoyable for households on the Merrill School Forest.
Merrill Area Public Schools (MAPS) and the Friends of the Merrill School Forest will maintain their annual Merrill School Forest Family Fun Day on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, from 10 a.m. to three p.m. — and all the things included is completely free, together with the meals.
This is “a chance for families to enjoy the great outdoors and try different winter activities,” organizers stated. And it’s particularly a good time to discover all that the Merrill School Forest has to supply.
The day will embrace free tools leases so households can come out to take part in and revel in snowshoeing and cross-country snowboarding by means of the Merrill School Forest (final departure at 2 p.m.). Get your face painted and take part within the Family Nature Scavenger Hunt (with prizes). And there will likely be sledding and human foosball, plus a campfire to heat up and roast some marshmallows.
Explore the out of doors Wisconsin Logging History Museum, tour the Animal Museum, and take a look at the Cordwood Education Center.

Participate in scheduled occasions:
• Guided excursions alongside the Bird Trail at 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
• 1-2 p.m. contained in the lodge, Forest Ecology Presentation by Christian W. Cold, wildlife technician for the Wisconsin DNR, who will give a presentation with dwell animals.
• 11 a.m.-12 p.m. there will likely be a dwell historic logging demonstration with Steve Lee and his horses exterior within the decrease parking zone.
• 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. inside the primary lodge there will likely be free lunch/snacks accessible.

The Merrill School Forest is situated on Hwy 107 (10 miles north of Merrill) throughout from Camp New Wood County Park. The Google-approved GPS tackle is: N4740 State Hwy. 107, Merrill. Parking on the School Forest is restricted, however parking is on the market throughout the street at Camp New Wood County Park.
Note: Cell telephones not often work within the space.
This occasion is topic to vary or be cancelled as a consequence of harsh climate and/or lack of snow, organizers stated. Updates and/or cancellations will likely be posted on the “Merrill School Forest” Facebook web page.