Explore the Starke County Forest

Celebrating World Environment Day! Nature lovers and creatives of all kinds are encouraged to bring along their cameras, easels, sketchpads, notebooks, and other artistic tools to use as they gain inspiration from the Starke County Forest through these informative hikes led by local experts from various fields.

There will be 2 hikes- one 9:30 AM-11 AM Central (10:30-12 eastern) and one 1 PM-2:30 PM Central (2-3:30 eastern).

Hikes are led by:
Bruce Wakeland, forester: Forest Management
Paul Steury: Global Warming & Native Edible Plants
Bill Deeter: Restoring the American Chestnut Tree

There will be two hikes also on Monday June 5th at the same times, but with different speakers and topics. See the event flyer