FTA Staff @ October 31, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Deep in the Apalachicola National Forest south of Tallahassee, the Bradwell Bay Wilderness is a watery wonderland, an inland swamp where virgin pine and cypress stand proudly along a section of the Florida Trail that Backpacker magazine once called “one of the toughest hikes in America.†Draining Bradwell Bay, Monkey Creek flows into the wild [...]
Megan Eno @ October 15, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Limit: 50 volunteers
Long-Span Bridge Construction
Difficulty: ***
(with a rigging training on the 11th & 12th)
Come and be a part of history as we build the longest free-spanning bridge on the entire Florida Trail. Construction of the 80-foot Monkey Creek Bridge will soon begin. Join us for this momentous occasion as we reopen a beautiful section of [...]
FTA Staff @ October 4, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Nice article about the Alligator Amblers chapter in the Fort Myers News-Press on September 21.
FTA Staff @ October 2, 2006 # No Comment Yet
The Florida Trail Association joins our partners the Office of Greenways & Trails in celebrating Florida Greenways and Trails Month this October. Visit their website for tips on outdoor activities throughout the state, and visit the Florida Trail website interactive calendar to find an FTA-sponsored outdoor activity near you!
FTA Staff @ October 2, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Along the cypress-lined floodplains of the Choctawhatchee River in the Central Panhandle, researchers have been actively searching for the ivory-billed woodpecker for more than 14 months. Our partner Nokuse Plantation is providing the funding for the 2006-2007 search; read their article on the fruitful effort thus far, including 14 documented sightings and hundreds of recordings of calls. The [...]