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Martin County Agencies Unite to Build Trail System

WEDNESDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2006

Fred Davis, land stewardship director of the South Florida Water Management District, and Chuck Barrowclough, Martin County's lands administrator, had both dreamt of a trail network for hiking, biking, and horseback riding at Martin County. With the help of the agencies they are working for, their dream is slowly becoming a reality.

Last Tuesday, commissioners approved an agreement between the Martin county and the South Florida Water Management District to build a trail system. "You could literally walk from Halpatiokee through Atlantic Ridge down to Jonathan Dickinson out to Dupuis and out to the lake," Barrowclough explained. The trail system could also be connected to the hiking trails in the J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management area in northern Palm Beach Country.

Barrowclough has said that he does not know how long or how many miles it would take to build the trails system. According to Davis, both agencies will gradually buy more land and construct trails and public parking lots. They are required to prepare an annual work plan and budget by March next year.

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