The Linwood Community Park and School Forest is located off of County Road 26 and 227th Avenue N.E., Linwood, Minnesota. Our school forest is a cooperative effort between Linwood Elementary and Linwood Township. The school forest is a 170 acre parcel of land that has nature trails, boardwalks and groomed cross country trails in the winter.
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Staff and students at Linwood take advantage of the vast educational experiences that can be gained from studying nature in the midst of nature. The School Forest Committee sponsors naturalist programming in the school forest in the fall, winter and in the spring.
The naturalist has second graders imagining that they are different components in the process of decomposition to create dirt. They are "mixing it up"
In the picture below, students are looking at a partially decomposed chunk of wood. The naturalist points out a slug as a key player in the game of decomposition on the forest floor.
In addition to the Linwood Community Park and School Forest we have a Prairie Restoration plot planted and maintained by the DNR. Students have the opportunity to experience a windswept prairie.
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