Professional sledder Alex Therriault of Ultimate Dog Sledding Experience of Oxford offers rides Saturday during the return of Winter Fest in Lisbon. His team was eager to take people, like Alexyss and Heidi Baird, for a ride around Beaver Park.

Beaver Park in Lisbon commissioned a wood carving of its namesake. The chainsaw carving took Greg Waters five hours to make at home. It required thawing the log, sanding, carving, and using beaver pictures to sculpt the beaver. Waters, who owns Riverside Wood Carving in Lisbon, was on hand Saturday in Lisbon to offer a chainsaw sculpting demonstration.

Ben Nugent, a local wildlife biologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, points out that white birch makes great fire wood during a snowshoe nature walk Saturday. The walk was part of the Winter Fest celebration at Beaver Park in Lisbon.

Greg Waters, owner of Riverside Wood Carving in Lisbon, uses a chainsaw to sculpt an animal piece Saturday while a kid watches during Winter Fest in Lisbon. All of the pieces were carved by chainsaw.

Kim and Kyra Nugent enjoy a ride Saturday during Winter Fest at Beaver Park in Lisbon. A team of professional sledders from Ultimate Dog Sledding Experience of Oxford were on hand for the community celebration.

Ben Nugent, a local wildlife biologist who works with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, leads a nature walk on snowshoes Saturday in Lisbon. "Right here is where a fox marked its territory," Nugent told the group as he pointed out urine in the snow."They like anything that sticks up out of the snow." The walk was part of the Winter Fest celebration at Beaver Park.