Building the Bartram Trail Workshop

If you are not attending the 2025 Bartram Trail Conference, but wish to attend the Friday, August 1, workshop on building the Bartram Trail, please use this link to the registration form.

Building the Bartram Trail

This Workshop will showcase the effort underway in Florida to establish a comprehensive state-wide Bartram Trail system.  Bartram Trail development efforts in other states will also be highlighted and the opportunities for future trail development will be discussed.  Representatives from various states will discuss both the successes and challenges of creating and maintaining the Bartram-themed trails in their area.  Ideas for enhancements to existing trails and ideas for the creation of new trails and trail resources will also be discussed.    

1.  The Florida Experience – Sam Carr, Pres. Bartram Trail Society of FL, Bartram Trail Conference Director
   
2. How We Did It – Dean Campbell VP Bartram Trail Society of FL, Bartram Trail Conference Director
   
3. Bartramtrailsociety.com – Stephanie Liskey, Managing Partner & Co-Owner, Sailforth Productions
   

C. Bartram Trail of Florida Review 

1. Putnam County – Dean Campbell
   
2. Volusia County – Stephanie Liskey, Managing Partner & Co-Owner, Sailforth Productions
   
3. Clay County – Samantha Kosters, Product Development Manager, Clay County Tourism Department
   
4. Nassau County – Beverly Williams, Bartram Trail of Nassau County Chair
   
5. St. Johns County – Tess Simpson, Community Programs Manager, St. Johns County Parks & Recreation Department
   
6. fAlachua County – Jeffrey Forbes, Development Coordinator, Alachua Conservation Trust, Past President Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park CSO
7.  Duval County – Lauren Chappel, City of Jacksonville Parks & Recreation Department  
   

2:30–2:45 PM Questions & Break

1. Bartram Trails in Alabama – Mike Bunn, Author of 18 books including The Tensaw River: Alabama's Hidden Heritage Corridor, Director of Historic Blakeley State Park in Spanish Fort, Alabama.
   
2. Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy – Brent Martin, Author of A Hiker’s Guide to the Bartram National Recreation Trail in Georgia and North Carolina. Executive Director of the Blue Ridge Bartram Trail Conservancy, Bartram Trail Conference Director.
3. Bartram Trails in Georgia – Brad Sanders, Author of Guide to William Bartram's Travels: Following the Trail of America's First Great Naturalist. Director of Bartram Trail Conference. 
   
4. Bartram Historic Monuments – TR Henderson, Bartram Trail Conference Director 
   
5. Flagler College Bartram Site Research - Kelly Enright, PhD Curator of Campus Collections & Associate Professor Flagler College 
   

Open Discussion—How do we get more states?