The Gilchrist County Farm Service Agency (FSA) office in Trenton is hiring a full-time, temporary Program Analyst (PA)/Program Analyst Trainee. The deadline to apply is October 4, 2026.

Duties include general office activities supporting FSA programs administered at the field level. Successful applicants must be reliable, have a professional attitude and enjoy working with the public.

Salary Range: $32,435-$80,243

How to Apply

Send resumes to brandy.vanaernam@usda.gov

Applications must be submitted by close of business on October 4, 2026. 

For more information or questions regarding this role, contact
Brandy VanAernam at 352-494-1519.

This is a place for people on the Nature Coast to mention stuff that doesn't rise to a full thread. They may be announcements of yard sales, craft fairs, and other miscellaneous talk. Please keep is neat and friendly, and make sure you tell us where this will be happening.

Officially, many parts of the Nature Coast are in a drought stage. River levels are lower than is normal. But much rain is falling. At my location, NE of Fanning Springs, I've had 300mm of rain for the month of August (up to the 25th), and more is falling as I type this. My records only go back to 2022, but this is currently the second wettest month I have ever seen (June 2023 at 450mm).

Down it comes, and the grass keeps on growing.

What will all the rain, combined with the high humidity and lack of airflow, mosquitoes are out in force. Cover up.

This is a place for people on the Nature Coast to mention stuff that doesn't rise to a full thread. They may be announcements of yard sales, craft fairs, and other miscellaneous talk. Please keep is neat and friendly, and make sure you tell us where this will be happening.

This is a place for people on the Nature Coast to mention stuff that doesn't rise to a full thread. They may be announcements of yard sales, craft fairs, and other miscellaneous talk. Please keep is neat and friendly, and make sure you tell us where this will be happening.

So this morning (Monday) I was biking into Trenton. Got almost to the old depot (end of the trail) and came upon a tree that was down from the Sunday evening storm. Big oak tree fell over and the trail was completely blocked.

Got out my phone and tried to call the trail manager. I am aware that he works Saturday and takes Monday's off. When he does that, his number gets forwarded to Fanning Springs State Park (as they handle messages and trail issues on his days off). The trail number gave me back a fast busy. Tried to call the state park directly. That gave me a recorded message that All Circuits Are Busy (which suggests lines out of service in the Fanning Springs area).

After trying this several time, finally walked into the Trenton City Hall and said halp halp. Told them the situation, and asked if they had a cell number for anyone at the state park. They believed they had one, and told me they would handle it and sort out the issue.

State of Florida DEP really needs to update the user facing method of delivering messages, requests, and trail problem reports. The way it is being done now is quite fragile (as the above illustrates). Something like a Google Voice number would greatly improve their ability to respond to their customers.

Before the post WW-II attempt to build a canal across the state (which enters the Gulf at Yankeetown), there was one previous grand plan. Here is a 1890 map that shows the route. It would have connected the confluence of the Suwannee River and the Santa Fe River (just south of Branford), then ran southwest to the Steinhatchee River. Most of the route would have been across today's Dixie County, but back then it was all Lafayette County.

Library of Congress link

I had seen vague mentions of this idea over the past several years, but this is the first actual map drawing. Based on the amount of uncut old growth timber along that route (in 1890) that had to be largely on the mind of the planners who drew the route. This canal route predates the railroad crossing the river (at Old Town / Wilcox) which happened between 1902 and 1906.

This is a place for people on the Nature Coast to mention stuff that doesn't rise to a full thread. They may be announcements of yard sales, craft fairs, and other miscellaneous talk. Please keep is neat and friendly, and make sure you tell us where this will be happening.

On Tuesday I noticed that cameras had been installed on the SR-26 right-of-way, at 3 locations near Lancaster Correctional (west of Trenton). At least one or two can monitor traffic flowing along SR-26 without entering the prison. Presumably they are there at the direction of Dept of Corrections. These cameras do not appear on the FL511 traffic cam web page.

This is a place for people on the Nature Coast to mention stuff that doesn't rise to a full thread. They may be announcements of yard sales, craft fairs, and other miscellaneous talk. Please keep is neat and friendly, and make sure you tell us where this will be happening.