FTA Staff @ September 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet
John M. Keller, Jr., Editor of the first Florida Trail Guide “Walking the Florida Trail” passed away August 21, 2008 in Merritt Island, Florida at the age of 81. A mechanical engineer, he had an outstanding career as a civilian with the US Air Force engaged in classified space programs at Cape Canaveral. An excellent [...]
FTA Staff @ April 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet
New Port Richey, Fl (April 16, 2008) – The Suncoast Chapter of the Florida Trail Association (FTA) and several of its members have been honored with awards from the Florida Division of Forestry for outstanding volunteer service to the Withlacoochee State Forest (WSF). The awards were recently presented to Chapter members by the forest management [...]
FTA Staff @ July 5, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Ethel Crown “Apple” Palmer, 86, of Clearwater, died Friday (June 29, 2007)
at home. She came here as a child from her native Gainesville. She was a
chief accountant and bookkeeper for the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce
Beach Visitor Center. She was a Women’s Army Corps veteran of World War II.
She was a member of the Episcopal Church of [...]
FTA Staff @ October 25, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Our volunteers respond to the state’s call for assistance in hurricane cleanup on public lands.
At the Take Pride in Florida kickoff, Suncoast Chapter members join Mark Warren of the USDA Forest Service, NPS Director Fran Mainella, Florida DEP Secretary Colleen Castille, FTA president Eileen Wyand, and Michelle Mitchell, FNST Manager in celebrating the FTA’s pledge [...]