FTA receives USDA Forest Service Regional Forester Awards
FTA Staff @ November 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Atlanta, GA—At a special ceremony on November 14 at the Doubletree Inn in Atlanta, the Florida Trail Association accepted a prestigious group award for Volunteers from the USDA Forest Service Southeast Regional Forester, Chuck Myers.
Founding the 1,400-mile statewide Florida Trail in 1966, and working as the primary partner with the National Forests in Florida in [...]
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Safety First! Chainsaws
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 [...]
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