I totally support Florida SB 80, also known as the “State Park Preservation Act,” which aims to protect Florida’s state parks from development. And I appreciate your efforts in this area.

A legislative effort to ensure golf courses, pickleball courts and luxury lodges are never built in state parks has stalled in the Florida Senate. The Florida House passed its version of the bill ...

Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection has unveiled the 'Great Outdoors Initiative', a proposal to add pickle ball courts, lodging to state parks.

“ The Great Outdoors Initiative to Increase Public Access ” at Florida state parks includes building 350-room lodges, pickleball courts, and disc-golf courses, but now it is “back to the ...

Florida state parks proposal faces pushback from lawmakers and activists TALLAHASSEE — As conservation groups object to the possibility of adding lodging, pickleball and golf at state parks, the ...

The department noted that Florida’s 175 state parks attracted nearly 30 million visitors in the 2022-23 fiscal year, generating $3.6 billion in economic impact and supporting over 50,000 jobs.

Senate Bill 80, the State Park Preservation Act, filed by state Sen. Gayle Harrell, R-Stuart, would place strict limitations on development in state parks as well as outdoor activities that can be ...