Deb Blick @ July 20, 2005 # No Comment Yet
A Recap of the Traditional Tools Demonstration,
May 2005 at the Florida Folk Festival
Michelle Mitchell, USDA Forest Service, National Forests in Florida
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Their advertisement said “Spend a Weekend with Some of the Best Folks in America.†A big promise, yes, but boy did they deliver!
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On Memorial Day weekend this year, a group of Florida Trail Association staff [...]
Deb Blick @ March 5, 2005 # No Comment Yet
Using Traditional Tools in Juniper Prairie Wilderness
Michelle Mitchell, USDA Forest Service, National Forests in Florida
(note: this article appeared in Landviews, Spring 2005)
Readers of Landviews learned about the monumental hurricane recovery efforts underway on the 1,400-mile Florida National Scenic Trail in the January 2005 issue. At the time the article was written hundreds of miles of [...]
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 [...]