Florida Trail Photo Contest 2021

Submit Your Photos for the first ever Florida Trail Calendar Have an awe-inspiring photo taken on the Florida Trail? Share it with us! The FTA is accepting submissions of digital images for the first ever Florida Trail calendar until March 15, 2021. The photo should show the Florida Trail or a view from the Florida […]

December 2020 E-blaze

December 2020 Big Cypress Trail Maintenance Central & South FL Trail Program Manager, Jenna Taylor, writes: The Southern Terminus in Big Cypress National Preserve at the Oasis Visitors Center sees hundreds of visitors a day, anxious to see an alligator or two. Over the weekend of December 4th to 6th, they were treated to another […]

2020 FTA Response to Big Cypress Backcountry Access Plan

November 2020 E-blaze

November 2020 Giving Tuesday is tomorrow December 1st When you donate to the Florida Trail Association (FTA), you help us train and support our incredible volunteers who dedicate their time to preserving the Trail today so you can enjoy it long into the future. Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday. Please make a generous gift to support the FTA’s […]

The FTA Welcomes Royce Gibson as the New Executive Director

Royce Gibson was recently selected as the Florida Trail Association’s (FTA) new executive director. Gibson began work this week leading the organization in its mission to build, maintain, protect, and promote the Florida National Scenic Trail (Florida Trail), along with a network of hiking trails throughout the state of Florida. David Waldrop, president of the FTA’s […]

October 2020 E-blaze

October 2020 The FTA Welcomes Royce Gibson as the new Executive Director Royce Gibson was recently selected as the Florida Trail Association’s (FTA) new executive director. Gibson began work this week leading the organization in its mission to build, maintain, protect, and promote the Florida National Scenic Trail (Florida Trail), along with a network of hiking […]

September 2020 E-blaze

September 2020 Byrd Hammock Archaeological Site National Historic Landmark Along the Florida Trail Potsherd from the Byrd Hammock site. Photo credit: National Park Service Panhandle Trail Program Manager, Adam Fryska, writes: Did you know that the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge contains one of the most important archaeological sites in the state? Just a couple […]

August 2020 E-blaze

August 2020 Big Bend Reroute Update USFS Staff, FTA Staff & Board Members scout Fenholloway River as a part of the Big Bend Reroute, 2017. We are thrilled to share an update on our progress closing one of the largest gaps in the Florida Trail– a 50-mile gap between Twin Rivers State Forest and the […]

July 2020 E-blaze

July 2020 Updated COVID-19 Operating Procedures As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, the FTA board, staff, and our U.S. Forest Service partners have been closely monitoring conditions in Florida, and working together to provide operating procedures that keep our members, staff, volunteers, partners and the public safe. The FTA board has voted to approve updated […]

June 2020 E-blaze

June 2020 Our Ongoing COVID-19 Response This month, FTA and USFS staff have continued our diligent efforts toward creating new operating procedures for trail maintenance events in order to mitigate public health concerns amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It is our goal to give FTA chapters the option to resume volunteer projects as soon and […]