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Lake City Reporter - The Suwannee River Wilderness Trail

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The Suwannee River Wilderness Trail

State agencies are working to develop the Suwannee River Wilderness Trail, a river-bound experience from near the Georgia border to the Gulf of Mexico--about 200 miles. Most of the land along the river is already in public ownership, but the Wilderness trail would add overnight and recreation areas along the river. Bob Ballard is a Deputy Secretary of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection...

Two hundred miles on the Suwannee River

It'll be called the Suwannee River Wilderness Trail--a series of stopover and recreation areas that would allow a canoe journey on the Suwannee River from near the Georgia Border to the Gulf of Mexico. Bob Ballard, a deputy secretary of the State Department of Environmental Protection, made the journey as part of a plan for the trail...

As the state of Florida embarks on a plan for a wilderness trail down the Suwannee River, it is making use of lands owned or controlled by a diverse group of agencies. Most of the land along the Suwannee is already in public ownership, but it is partnering the owners that is enabling the trail. Bob Ballard is a deputy secretary of the State Department of Environmental Protection...

A proposed Wilderness Trail on Florida's Suwannee River hopes to get more people involved in its wilderness, by making the 200 mile river journey a little less wild...

State agencies say they're breaking new ground with a proposed Suwannee River Wilderness Trail that would allow overnight stops for a 200 mile canoe journey from the Georgia border to the Gulf of Mexico. The State DEP's Bob Ballard is spearheading the 10 million dollar project...