May 10 Sat P/L Fort Braden Trail. Leon County Health Department, Community Health Promotion Program. Guided hikes (limit 12 people per hike) will be offered throughout the morning at 8 am, 9 am, 10 am, and 11 am. Call Connie Betterley for additional details and to register. 850-487-3146 ext. 153 connie_betterley@doh.state.fl.us. Terry Tenold will be co-leading the hike. totenold49@aol.com or 850-877-1612.

May 13 Tue Apalachee Chapter Meeting Program: “Florida’s Circumnavigational Saltwater Paddling Trail.” Beginning near Pensacola, extending around the Florida peninsula and Keys, and ending near the Georgia border, this trail is a 1,550-mile sea kayaking paradise. Doug Alderson, Florida Office of Greenways and Trails field director for this project, will show photos from nearly all of the trail’s 26 segments & discuss a new statewide group recently formed to support the trail. 7 p.m. at Woodcrest Office Park, 325 John Knox Rd., Bldg. F (first bldg. on the right). Look for Florida Trail signs on wooden door at east end of building. Free. Contact: Linda Patton (850) 668-4334.

May 17 Sat P/M Torreya State Park. Hike the Torreya Trail about 7 miles over hilly terrain and along the Apalachicola River rim swamp. Enjoy the many trees and other plants. Bring lunch, water and insect repellant. Meet at 7:00 A.M. in Tallahassee to car pool. Jerry Herting (850) 878-3426.

May 24 Sat P/L Wade Tract Birding Hike. This popular hike will take you into one of the best remaining examples of old-growth longleaf pine/wiregrass forests left in the U.S. Jim Cox, noted ornithologist with Tall Timbers Research Station, will provide commentary and show us a red cockaded woodpecker colony. Fee will be from $7 to $15 / person depending on number of participants. Limit 20 people. Kent Wimmer (850) 523-8576 or kwimmer@fs.fed.us .