June 4 - Tree ID hike, free trees
Join the Waterville Public Library and the Friends of Yellow River Forest Group for a morning of tree identification, free trees, and a forest hike with opportunity for identifying evergreen and deciduous trees. All ages welcome!! Meet at the Waterville Community Center at 9:30 for tree identification hand-outs and free hardwood trees and aronia berry bushes, meet at 10 AM at Yellow River State Forest at the park office (729 State Forest Rd) where we will hike the Forester Trail at 10:15 AM. Attend one or both events. Please bring water, sunscreen, bug repellant, and comfortable walking shoes.
July 23 - Cast Iron Cooking event
We will have breakfast, lunch, and early supper that day. Should be fun. At least three cooks, maybe more. We will be working on a menu. Right now breakfast mess, biscuits and gravy, egg McMuffins, coffee, a reflector baked turkey, Gene’s beans, Cornish hens, monkey bread, a cobbler, apple fritters, pulled pork sandwiches, various potatoes, and more.
Firewood prep 9-11 am June 11, July 9 and August 13
The Friends group will be holding a firewood prep session from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturdays, June 11, July 9 and August 13 . Selling firewood is the group's biggest fundraiser and volunteer labor is used to cut, split and stack the wood. No experience is necessary. Kids/ teens are welcome if they are old enough to participate and have adult supervision. Please be sure to check in when you get there. Meet at 737 State Forest Road and drive past the sawmill. Listen for the chainsaws and you will find us! Please consider joining us for Firewood events (cut, split and stack) from 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays June 11, July 9 and August 13.
Join the Waterville Public Library and the Friends of Yellow River Forest Group for a morning of tree identification, free trees, and a forest hike with opportunity for identifying evergreen and deciduous trees. All ages welcome!! Meet at the Waterville Community Center at 9:30 for tree identification hand-outs and free hardwood trees and aronia berry bushes, meet at 10 AM at Yellow River State Forest at the park office (729 State Forest Rd) where we will hike the Forester Trail at 10:15 AM. Attend one or both events. Please bring water, sunscreen, bug repellant, and comfortable walking shoes.
July 23 - Cast Iron Cooking event
We will have breakfast, lunch, and early supper that day. Should be fun. At least three cooks, maybe more. We will be working on a menu. Right now breakfast mess, biscuits and gravy, egg McMuffins, coffee, a reflector baked turkey, Gene’s beans, Cornish hens, monkey bread, a cobbler, apple fritters, pulled pork sandwiches, various potatoes, and more.
Firewood prep 9-11 am June 11, July 9 and August 13
The Friends group will be holding a firewood prep session from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturdays, June 11, July 9 and August 13 . Selling firewood is the group's biggest fundraiser and volunteer labor is used to cut, split and stack the wood. No experience is necessary. Kids/ teens are welcome if they are old enough to participate and have adult supervision. Please be sure to check in when you get there. Meet at 737 State Forest Road and drive past the sawmill. Listen for the chainsaws and you will find us! Please consider joining us for Firewood events (cut, split and stack) from 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays June 11, July 9 and August 13.
