Back then, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's "Great Outdoors Initiative" proposed to make changes at nine state parks, including Jonathan Dickinson State Park near Hobe Sound.

With great fanfare and unanimous support, the Florida Legislature passed the State Park Preservation Act (Senate Bill 80) and sent it to the governor. Kudos to state Sen. Gayle Harrell ...

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection last year announced a plan that would have allowed developers to turn state parks into more touristy attractions. The 2024-2025 Great Outdoors ...

Ron DeSantis proposed golf courses, pickleball courts and other recreational opportunities for Florida state parks ... manner that avoids impacts to a state park’s critical habitat and natural ...

State parks would be protected from pickleball courts, golf courses and hotel development under a bill passed unanimously by the Florida House ... Dickinson State Park. State parks bill heads ...

said seeks to prevent “unintended development within the state park system.” It came after widespread opposition last year to a plan dubbed the “Great Outdoors Initiative” by the Florida ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — If you have plans to visit a popular Florida park this summer, you’ll still have a chance to get a reservation. Earlier this month, Florida State Parks announced that ...

Santa Rosa Beach’s Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is one of the few undeveloped places in the entire Florida Panhandle. It’s a spot where migratory birds can rest from their journeys in a ...

Santa Rosa Beach's Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is one of the few undeveloped places in the entire Florida Panhandle. It's a spot where migratory birds can rest from their journeys in a ...