Building Merck Forest's new timber frame small animal barn

Merck Forest offers family-friendly winter micro-adventures. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Kits & Cubs programming will resume in march of 2026

Each week, long before little boots crunch across the gravel to the Caretaker’s Cabin, MFFC staff are already in motion in preparation for our twice-weekly Kits & Cubs program. Our Education Manager (Miss Elena to her PreK charges) begins the process weeks in advance, with a stop at the Manchester Community Library, to hand-pick storybooks that match a theme. Each week focuses on something relevant to the rhythms of the land, like pollinators, hibernation, maple syrup, or eve