FTA Staff @ February 19, 2007 # No Comment Yet
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Friday, February 23, the town of White Springs and the Florida Trail Association come together with our numerous partners, business leaders, and volunteers to celebrate designation of the very first Florida Trail Gateway Community. Join us at 11 AM at the State of Florida Nature & Heritage Tourism Center, corner of US 41 [...]
FTA Staff @ February 1, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Explore Florida’s own National Scenic Trail during Florida Hiking Trails Month
With more than a hundred trailheads within an hour’s drive of most Floridians, the Florida Trail offers a place for you to connect with natural Florida on a walk in the woods. Join us this February as Governor Crist proclaims Florida Hiking Trails Month. Participate [...]
FTA Staff @ December 18, 2006 # No Comment Yet
WHITE SPRINGS, FL – 12/18/06 – “Way down upon the Suwannee River,†where the carillon at Stephen Foster Folk Culture State Park echoes up and down the riverbanks, one of Florida’s most charming and genteel antebellum towns awaits—White Springs. Once a destination for riverboats full of spa-going tourists, White Springs has been a destination for [...]
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 [...]
FTA Staff @ August 31, 2006 # No Comment Yet
 From Leave No Trace principles to chainsaw certification, the Florida Trail Association offers an array of volunteer training courses every hiking season for our members, with some courses open to the general public. Learn rigging or tool maintenance, or how to safely and effectively wield a chainsaw, crosscut saw, or axe. Train with the best!
Spaces [...]
FTA Staff @ August 29, 2006 # No Comment Yet
In partnership with Visit Florida, the state’s official tourism marketing agency, we’ve assisted with development of Florida Hiking Trails, a new booklet that’s a part of the Nature-based Tourism family of outdoor recreation brochures. The booklet includes details on 29 prime places to hike throughout Florida, both on the Florida Trail and on other public [...]
FTA Staff @ August 22, 2006 # No Comment Yet
Our website www.floridatrail.org not only took the 2005 FOWA EIC first place for its designer, it also picked up a national award from American Trails as “Best Trail Organization Website” for 2005.
Not to rest on our laurels, this summer we’ve overhauled the entire website to make it even more user-friendly and packed with information, including [...]