[ft-l] Hiking proposed trail in Ocala (long)

[ft-l@mailman.backcountry.net (J Bryan Kramer)]

Maybe the NPS has changed its policy since the ones we saw were in Rocky
Mountain NP, but this may be something the local top dog ranger decides. I
don't think a couple of tiny, 6 penny nails are going to injure a tree but
I'm not an expert on trees by any means.

Bryan
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> We tried aluminum blazes painted orange in Big Cypress in the early 1980's
> in a small test area.  They are still there.  Whenever there is a fire,
you
> can still tell where the trail goes and repaint the strips.  The reason
> that we stopped was because we were nailing them into trees.  The Park
> Service asked us not to and we stopped.  But on posts, this would be
> good.  The hardest part is getting the posts out on the trail.