Florida Trail: Blazing Clear-Cuts on Nokuse

On the Florida Trail Choctawhatee Nokuse section Trail Hog Field Day on January 26, 2010, members replaced posts and blazes following clearcutting and logging of two parts of the trail and fine-tuning a third. Clearing the forest of Sand Pines and other unwanted vegetation makes way for replanting and restoring the native Longleaf Pine ecosystem. The Nokuse Plantation is implementing its plan in stages. However, when the trail treadway is compromised and blazes are lost, it is up to FTA volunteers to restore the trail for hikers. Periodically, during hikes other problems are discovered, where trail blazes need refreshing or where new posts must mark the trail clearly. Hear how to pronounce No Go See.

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Travel & Events

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• Nokuse Plantation
• Florida National Scenic Trail
• Florida Trail
• Nokuse section
• Trail Hog Field Day
• Florida Trail Association

[Woodenarrows]

Do you add any reflective material to your blazing paint for low light or night time conditions?

[carolingwholeo]

@Woodenarrows Great idea. Do you know trails with reflective blazes? I'll post to the FTA chapter website and will get back to you if I get a response. I think all FNST blazes are a standard paint but I am not an authority.

[Woodenarrows]

@carolingwholeo The Pine Mountail Trail Association of Pine Mountain, Georgia uses reflective material in their blazes. Not sure what it is but you can see it's there, especially in the sunlight. Looks like very small beads of something. It may be because the trail(s) are within the F.D. Roosevelt State Park but… it would be a big help to hikers with headlamps etc., even for rescue people looking for lost hikers. BTW, I am a FTA member.