Environment ArchivesTalking Polk Vision with Colleen BurtonPosted by Josh Hallett on March 20, 2007 at 12:39 PM
This morning I ran into Colleen Burton with Polk Vision, we talked briefly about where PV's been and the ongoing support/promotion of the program. We talked for a little over 17 minutes, but my recorder died at 16:35, so you don't miss much at the very end. You can download/listen to the MP3 file by clicking here: PolkVision.MP3.
Florida Hikes....in Polk CountyPosted by Josh Hallett on February 19, 2007 at 11:10 AM
Florida Hikes is a web site run by Sandra Friend. The site features...you guessed it, information about hiking in Florida. Sandra just recently completed a trip through Polk County which included some hiking. One of the more recent updates to the Florida Hikes site is a profile of the Jenkins Trail: Starting at a small trailhead off a side road off Wakeford Rd, the Jenkins Trail leads you to a cool tannic stream slicing through the desert-like scrub of the Lake Wales Ridge: Tiger Creek, for which this preserve managed by The Nature Conservancy is named. This is the northernmost trail in the preserve.... You can read the entire recap here. Sandra promises some more posts on Polk County hikes. For all you geeks out there, Sandra has you covered: All hikes on the site now have UTM coordinates for your GPS and links to the coordinates on Google Maps, so you can print out directions and find your way. It sure wasn’t this easy when I was trying to find places to hike! |
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A hyperlocal blog about Imperial Polk County, Florida. It is written by local residents that wish to provide an alternative to traditional media sources. The focus is commentary and open discussion of the issues that face Polk County, FL.
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