I thought the campus trail was a fun trip. It would have been miserable any other time of year, but that's besides the point. For a wooded area on a college campus, the trail was surprisingly free of artificial debris. I personally think that the trail could be improved by either reseeding the wetland areas with melaleuca or building a raised platform similar to the one running through the Six Mile Cypress preserve.
I've lived in Florida for my entire life so I didn't see anything new. It was interesting to have a path cut through so I could walk from upland to wetland and see the change in vegetation without having to cut any down.
I'm curious as to what they are constructing on the east side of the campus. It's kind of ironic that on a field trip where we were supposed to be immersed in the University's ecological commitment we instead witnessed the clear-cutting of the forest. It made for a nice photo op though.
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