Camp Helen State Park does not have lifeguards on duty, but it does have some of the most secluded, uncrowded beaches in the ...

Gov. DeSantis has signed a measure to protect Florida’s 175 state parks from development such as golf courses, luxury lodges and pickleball courts.

Florida Senate and House bills aim to prevent development in state parks after Gov. DeSantis' initiative to add golf courses and hotels was withdrawn. Environmental groups prefer the House version ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law Thursday curtailing what kind of development can happen in Florida’s prized state parks — giving his approval to ...

Six weeks ago, Florida Opinion journalists of the USA Today Network asked you, our readers, to join us in a legislative advocacy campaign to protect and preserve our beloved state parks.. And you ...

May 23 (UPI) --State parks in Florida are now protected from commercial construction after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the State Park Preservation Act into law Thursday.The act, which will take ...

State parks would be protected from pickleball courts, golf courses and hotel development under a bill passed unanimously by the Florida House on Thursday in response to last summer’s statewide ...