The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Backpacking and Hiking ($17) is now on sale. Idiots of Florida’s trails, rejoice!
Written by Jason Stevenson, the former skills editor at Backpacker magazine, the book offers advice to people ranging from hardcore trekkers to strolling honeymooners and seniors.
Specific subjects include how to choose a trip and location; ways to train for [...]

 
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has closed a 4.5-mile section of the Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail until Aug. 31.
LOST is closed from Lake Harbor (Structure 354) to South Bay in order to accommodate the delivery of 40,000 tons of armor stone that will be used to reinforce the Herbert Hoover Dike in the event of [...]

 
A naturalist at Anne Kolb Nature Center at West Lake Park in Hollywood will lead a hike to observe native mangroves on March 4. Open to all ages, the cost is $3 per person. The hike down the Lake Observation Trail is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
To learn more visit Broward.org/parks/wlpaknc or call 954-926-2480.

 
From now until March, guided swamp walks are being offered off the Tamiami Trail, behind the Big Cypress Gallery of renowned Everglades photographer Clyde Butcher. Naturalist Rick Cruz guides a walk at 10 a.m. and another at 2 p.m. every Saturday. The cost is $75 per person, which includes a $25 credit in the gallery. [...]

 
The Sierra Club of Miami is hosting a 3.4-mile hike off the Tamiami Trail on Feb. 13. Members and newcomers can participate.
Hikers will meet at the Oasis Ranger Station, off Tamiami Trail in the middle of the Everglades, then embark on the Robert’s Strand portion of the Florida Trail.
According to a club newsletter, “There we’ll [...]

 
The Loxahatchee chapter of the Florida Trail Association is offering a daylong ocean to lake hike on Nov. 14. Throughout the day participants will trek on trails from Jonathan Dickinson State Park marina north of Jupiter to Riverbend Park west of Jupiter. The distance is 11 miles and is considered strenuous. The cost is $5 [...]

 
Mosaic Outdoor Club of South Florida, a Jewish club named after Moses, “the original outdoor Jew,” hosted a Labor Day picnic on Sept. 6 at John U. Lloyd State Park in Dania Beach. It included hamburgers, kosher hot dogs, chips and watermelon. The park offered kayak, canoe and other water toys for rent.
On Aug. 30 the club [...]

 
The Sawgrass Nature Center in Coral Springs welcomes nature explorers from ages 3 to 5 to its new preschool program on June 3, 10, 17 and 24 (Wednesdays) from 10 a.m. to 11a.m. The cost is $5 for SNC members and $8 for nonmembers per class. Children and adults are welcome to enjoy a hands-on [...]

 
The Florida Trail Association is holding its monthly meeting on May 14 at Fern Forest Nature Center in Coconut Creek. All ages are welcome to attend the meeting, which lasts from 7:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. For more info call 954-970-0150.

 
From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on May 10 the public is welcome to take an interpretive hike through the nature trails of Long Key Natural Area in Davie. Hikers will look for nocturnal animals as they emerge.
 
Registration is required by May 9. For further information call the natural area at 954-327-8797. The cost [...]