Panhandle Regional Trail Program Manager

The Florida Trail Association (FTA) Panhandle Regional Trail Program Manager’s primary responsibility is to coordinate successful trail project and maintenance efforts, trail protection, and volunteer work on the Florida National Scenic Trail (FNST, Florida Trail) within the Panhandle Region. This region includes over 500 miles of the Florida Trail, from the northern terminus at Fort Pickens in Gulf Islands National Seashore, heading east over to the banks of the Suwannee River in North Florida, and through the Blackwater River State Forest up to the Alabama border.

The successful candidate will cultivate collaborative partnerships with a diverse group of landowners, business and community leaders, government officials, and the public to achieve the following outcomes:

• Build sustainable trail stewardship programs.
• Increase regional and state-wide awareness of the FNST’s natural, cultural, recreational, and historical resources and how these resources benefit the public.
• Enhance public and private support for maintaining, permanently protecting, and enhancing the recreational quality of the FNST in accordance with the values outlined in the 1968 National Trails System Act and the FNST Comprehensive Management Plan.

For more information, please see: https://floridatrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/FTA-Panhandle-Regional-Trail-Program-Manager-2024.pdf