It’s found throughout Florida, in freshwater marshes and along the rim of saltwater marshes, and is by far one of the showiest grasses in Florida, especially when the huge tufts are ruffled by a breeze - sand cordgrass.
I just finished transcribing a hike where a broad meadow of sand cordgrass is one of the visual [...]

Today was a surprising reintroduction to the hiking trails of St Lucie County. My, how they have grown! So has the county, of course, with an uncomfortable amount of suburban residential sprawl, failed developments, and foreclosures. But it was heartening to discover that the protection of natural lands has continued in step with these [...]

Get down to Haines City today for the kickoff of Floriday Trail Days, which is being held through Sunday at the FFA Leadership Camp next to Catfish Creek State Park in Polk County. Bill Belleville and Johnny Molloy are speaking tonight, and I and Clyde Butcher are up tomorrow. See you there! More details at [...]

Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park in Tallahassee has the distinction of being a park inside city limits where you won’t feel a touch of city. With hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian trails on sloping hillsides along Lake Jackson, it’s primarily a dense forest shaded by ancient pines, oaks, and magnolia trees, with alluvial streams cutting through the [...]

On Tuesday, the Florida Senate Appropriations Committee backed down from their proposal-in-committee to fold the Office of Greenways and Trails into Florida State Parks.  After the committee wrapped their recommendations for the day, I received an email from my friend Kent Wimmer that confirmed that OGT was not under discussion for loss of budget.  Thanks [...]