FTA Staff @ August 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In today’s Tampa Tribune, columnist Dan DeWitt recounts the vision of completing the Florida Trail, through the eyes of Mitch Almon and other members of the Suncoast Chapter as they continue to move the Western Corridor route onto public lands and off the roads. Read the article…
FTA Staff @ June 9, 2008 # One Comment
See television footage from Channel 10 news in Tampa with Suncoast chapter members Ralph Hancock, Mitch Almon, and Bill Martin touring reporter Kathyrn Bursch on one of the chapter’s most scenic short loop trails at Little Manatee State Park.
FTA Staff @ March 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Columnist Ralph Ferussi, a two-time AT thru-hiker, stumbled across one of our “Where will you hike this winter!” business cards left behind by an FT member in a New York AT shelter and followed his trail of curiousity to Florida in the news story Long Florida Trail looks pretty ‘juicy,’ running today in New York State’s [...]
FTA Staff @ March 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Appearing in the Panama City News Herald this past weekend, the article Building Bridges covers the efforts of the Econfina Creek F-Troop in rebuilding the Fender Bridge.
FTA Staff @ March 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Visit the WMBB TV website (Panama City News 13, ABC affiliate) for a nice video on the replacement of the Fender Bridge at Econfina Creek.
FTA Staff @ February 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
In the Feb 23 news story Untangling a Trail, Tampa Tribune reporter Julie Busch recounts what it’s like to participate in F-Troop in the Juniper Prairie Wilderness. A related sidebar promotes the Florida Hiking Festival, and a video shows what life is like during a wilderness trail crew.
FTA Staff @ January 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Wakulla.com presents a feature on our recent Americorps crew and their efforts in St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. Details…
FTA Staff @ January 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Americorps crew member Carman White blogs about his Florida Trail crew experience at St. Marks at http://carmaninthecorps.blogspot.com/2008/01/st-marks-fl.html
FTA Staff @ January 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The January 2008 issue of Motorhome magazine features an article by Steve Glassman focused on the Ocala National Forest, where he describes the Florida Trail as “a yard-wide leaf-strewn sidewalk through the woods” paved in “oak leaves and pine straw.”
FTA Staff @ January 16, 2008 # No Comment Yet
According to the Lakeland Ledger, volunteers from the Heartland Chapter have been building hiking trails at Lake Alfred’s own Mackay Gardens and Lakeside Preserve. It is not yet open to the public but is an important part of Florida history as a preserved part of the Mackay family estate, La Rochelle, dating back to 1915.