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Video: Floridians protest leaked plans to develop pickleball courts at state parks. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA) — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the State Park Preservation Act into law Thursday, marking ...
Get free admission to Florida State Parks on Memorial Day, May 26. Residents and visitors can visit any of Florida's state parks and trails for at no cost on Monday, May 26.
Former Florida Department of Environmental Protection employee James Gaddis claims he was told to keep plans secret. Fired Florida state parks whistleblower sues state agency for retaliation ...
Gov. DeSantis has signed a measure to protect Florida’s 175 state parks from development such as golf courses, luxury lodges and pickleball courts.
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 ...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - Florida State Parks is allowing visitors into its parks for free this Memorial Day. The free admission applies to Florida residents and tourists alike, per a press ...
Former Florida park planning consultant James Gaddis filed a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination after leaking development plans for state parks. The leaked plans for the "Great Outdoors ...
We protected Florida parks, but recent proposals make our state untrustworthy | Opinion After the 'Great Outdoors Initiative,' I personally don't trust anything that DEP is involved with or gets ...
The bill doesn’t ban all types of development, but going forward, lawmakers said Florida’s state parks will be preserved exclusively for conservation-based projects supporting activities such ...