DUNEDIN, Fla. — Last week, Florida's Department of Environmental Protection unveiled plans aimed at bringing more people to state parks. Those plans include adding pickleball courts, golf courses and ...

Residents looking to trade screen time for sunshine this New Year’s Day have a standing invitation from the Florida State ...

Is visiting a Florida state park in your Memorial Day plans? While not all Florida schools have started their summer break, the siren call of lazy days on the beach, a Memorial Day road trip or ...

Florida State Parks invite the public to welcome the new year outdoors with a First Day Hike on Jan. 1, 2026. In Alachua ...

TALLAHASEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) unveiled the 2024-2025 Great Outdoors Initiative this week, proposing significant changes to state parks across Florida.

TALLAHASSEE — Some of Florida’s state parks could be swapping out wildlife habitat for golf courses and pickleball courts, including those in Martin, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The state ...

The need to make Florida’s parks scheme-proof against the state’s elected officials goes deeper than last summer’s plot. The impetus of the State Park Preservation Act (SB 80) before the Florida ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation protecting 175 state parks from development. The new law, supported unanimously by the Florida Legislature, aims to preserve natural spaces. Continued ...

Florida Senate Bill 80, intended to prevent development like golf courses in state parks, has stalled due to a disagreement over wording. The bill passed the House unanimously but is held up in the ...

I've never had a specialty license plate before. But I recently decided to get one of the Florida plates that has the nose of a red kayak heading down a river, a turtle on a log, a heron in flight, ...