Deb Blick @ May 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Our new email address for trail maintenance materials requests is BuildIt@floridatrail.org … your requests will be routed to the appropriate staff person for fulfillment. Ask about construction projects, request signs and paint and other materials here!
Deb Blick @ November 1, 2004 # No Comment Yet
There are standards, qualifications, equipment, procedures, and safety practices, and techniques set down by the USDA Forest Service in their Health and Safety Code Handbook. You can access this handbook on the web at www.firepreventionteams.us/documents/FSH6709-1.pdf The Florida Trail Association uses the USFS Health and Safety Code Handbook as our standard for chainsaw operations, and for many [...]
Deb Blick @ August 5, 2004 # No Comment Yet
Why, In a Modern Day World?
Susan Jenkins, USDA Forest Service
When the Wilderness Act of 1964 was established after years of discussion and debate, it charged that all work in designated wilderness areas, with few exceptions, be accomplished through the use of primitive or non-motorized tools. The word “primitive†carries a negative connotation, so we use [...]