Winter Fest 2010

Kids had a great time sledding on the hill, going on a storywalk and listening to Bilijean Smith tell a Native American story by the campfire. Click on this link to hear Bilijean's story. Native American ...

Kindergartners Investigate Tracks

One early Wednesday morning in February members of the forest committee and other community volunteers hiked with Kindergartners in the forest. Kurt Valenta shows children animal tracks along with other findings like ...

Links to Websites on Forest and Tree Identification

Links to Websites about Forests and Trees Educational Games on food chains and more. (Grades K-2) Interactive & Informative Treetures (Grades K-3) Teachers Domain: science lesson plans, video, short clips ...

Fall ‘Fest October 10, 2009

A cloudy Saturday morning in October turned into a beautiful sunny afternoon, just in time for the Fall 'Fest.  A campfire blaze kept all participants warm as the sun began to set. Kurt Valenta roasted hot dogs and ...

A Storywalk in the Forest

Parents and children walked the trails and stopped at posts to read from a book titled, Leaves, during the school's Open House on September 17th. The Franklin-Grand Isle Bookmobile provided us with the story and ...

Summer Work Days and Bio-Survey

Summer rain and wind changes the forest making it  time for a trail clean up before school starts.  A couple of days may be necessary to ready the trails for the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year since the trails ...

Robert, Paul, Delbert, Kurt, Marvin and Dan were at the forest Sat. morning to cut up a blow down, remove some potentially dangerous trees and to assess the logging operation.  The rain held off and mission was ...

Work Day

Saturday, April 4, is a workday at the Sheldon Community ...

New Web Site

The Sheldon Communitee Forest has a new website!  Have a look around, there is a new gallery and this news section that we should keep updated.  If you have anything you want to add to the site, contact a committe ...