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Where do you find amazing people? Most amazing folks are found at home. They get through the daily grind and find reserve energy to share with family and give back to society – heres to the working person!! Some people look for amazing people in Hollywood or on t.v. I find amazing folks out on [...]

Continue Reading Rosie Emery

Tags: children’s entertainer, environmental educator, singer, songwriter

Dennis W Schvejda, a witness to Wild Nature from the four corners of North America: Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to Newfoundland, to the Everglades and California Desert and many areas in between would be an asset to any local outdoor area. Committed to nature conservation and responsible hiking trail development on his own acreage and surrounding [...]

Continue Reading Cub Scout to Eagle Scout – Scoutmaster to Sierra Club Outdoor activist to Chapter Conservation Director – meet Dennis W Schvejda

Tags: adventure, backpacking, Camping, cub Scout, Eagle Scout, Hiking, Jamboree, scoutmaster

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Tags: Hiking Trails, KML File, KMZ file, Topo Maps, Topographic Map

Frank Miniter is the author of “The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide” and “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting“, the executive editor of American Hunter, and a former senior editor of Outdoor Life. Miniter is also the ultimate man. He has run with the bulls of Pamplona, snowshoed the Klondike, and survived everywhere from the Amazon [...]

Continue Reading Frank Miniter Q&A, author of The Ultimate Man’s Survival Guide

Tags: adventure, Backcountry, backpacking, Hiking, Hiking Authors, Outdoor Publishers, Outdoors, Survival, Ultimate Man's Survivor Guide, Wonderful Outdoor Tales

In 1997, John Brinda ended his hike of the Florida Trail near Pensacola, having walked the entire pennisula beginning in Key West. Upon reaching the Alabama-Florida state line, he wanted more and continued walking eventually ending his journey in Canada! Soon after, MJ Eberhart (“Nimblewill Nomad”) retraced Brinda’s steps and coined the trail’s new name [...]

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It might not be fully developed until your great-grandchildren are ready to use it, but Lake Hancock and the land around it are destined to become another major public park for Polk Countians. And you won’t have to wait until the middle of the 21st Century to enjoy at least part of it; money already [...]

Continue Reading Lake Hancock State Park

Tags: Hiking, Hiking Trails, State Park

It breaks my heart a little every time someone says that there aren’t any interesting outdoors areas in this region of ours. So there’s no mountains, no snow capped peaks, not even a hill to speak of. Our handful of ancient ruins and historical sites are flanked by souvenir shops. There are no natural lakes, [...]

Continue Reading Big Talbot Island State Park – Hiking Florida

Just east of Pensacola you will find the South Walton Beaches, stretching 26 miles of powdery white sands, vast pine forests, cool underground springs, marshlands, bays, bayous and blue gulf waters. A most beautiful spot is Deer Lake State Park. Located east of Seagrove Beach off Scenic Highway 30-A. The south side of the park [...]

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Hammock Bay is an example of how to create a community and have nature trails and wildlife co-exist with the our needs. Hammock Bay is featured in international bird nesting study – 06/25/2009. A huge selection of birds at Hammock Bay make it their home along with humans the efforts of Joe Wyatt, the resident naturalist [...]

Continue Reading Hammock Bay in Freeport Florida, along the Gulf Coast of the United States of America is featured in international bird nesting study

Tags: birding, hiking news, Nature Trails, trails

Hiking Trails are being built and gaining lots of attention the USA.  On Feb. 4th, Florida Governor Charlie Crist proclaimed February to be Florida Hiking Trails Month to celebrate the more than 2,500 miles of hiking trails on the state’s public lands.    http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/feb2009/2009-02-05-092.asp http://www.dep.state.fl.us/secretary/news/2008/02/0204_01.htm  Reading news alerts like the above are encouraging to me.  As [...]

Continue Reading Hiking Trails Month declared in Florida

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