Just beyond the urban sprawl of Lake Nona and southeast Orlando, there sits a tranquil space unmarred by development, providing a welcome escape from traffic and human activity. The Split Oak Forest ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings and commissioners say they will stay the course and continue to protect Split Oak Forest from a proposed toll road project. The forest has been ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is expected to vote Wednesday on whether to release conservation land to allow a toll road to be built through Split Oak Forest. The vote ...

A pivotal state agency has issued a recommendation that raises few objections to plans by the Central Florida Expressway Authority to build a highway through environmentally sensitive Split Oak Forest ...

The state wildlife agency entrusted with managing Split Oak Forest decided Wednesday to lift protections shielding the 1,700-acre conservation property, clearing the way for the Central Florida ...

SIMILAR BILL LAST WEEK. TODAY, DOZENS OF PEOPLE SPOKE TO ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THE SPLIT OAK FOREST. IT IS PART OF A BATTLE BETWEEN ORANGE AND OSCEOLA COUNTY, ALONG WITH THE EXPRESSWAY ...

HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES WHILE THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. WELL, THE CENTRAL FLORIDA EXPRESSWAY IS OFFICIALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH A NEW TOLLWAY THAT’S HAD SOME CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING IT. THAT ROAD ...

The Osceola Parkway extension got a little closer to becoming a reality, to the alarm of local environmentalists. Osceola County Commissioners approved the extension Monday. The plan is not a done ...

Environmental advocates are planning to once again speak out against a project to extend a toll road through a protected forest in Orange and Osceola counties. During a meeting on Tuesday, opponents ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Environmental advocates are furious after a Florida board approved a project to extend a toll road through a protected forest in Orange and Osceola counties. After more than four hours ...

The Central Florida Expressway Authority unanimously passed on Thursday a proposal to spend millions of dollars to protect the environment surrounding the controversial Split Oak Forest toll road ...