Need plans for the Memorial Day holiday weekend? You can add one idea to your list. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced earlier this month that all Florida state parks will be free to enter during the ...

Florida offers incredible beach camping, with the very best areas delivering unbeatable ocean views, sandy campsites, and ...

This week The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced a proposal to further develop state parks, adding pickleball courts, golf courses and other recreational activity spaces ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Last week, Florida's Department of Environmental Protection unveiled plans aimed at bringing more people to state parks. Those plans include adding pickleball courts, golf courses and ...

Santa Rosa Beach, on the quieter western end of Highway 30A, is closer to Destin, and while its strict boundaries can be ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced an initiative that plans to add hotels, pickleball courts and other activities to Florida state parks. The change to ...

An unexpected Florida plan to jazz up wilderness in state parks with golf courses, hotels and pickleball courts has outraged conservationists who say the proposals violate state law and tarnish areas ...

Paddlers in Oleta River State Park, one of nine state parks where Florida parks officials have proposed adding pickleball courts. State plans to add golf, pickleball or hotels to Florida parks — ...

Florida's state parks are in need of repair. A new state study says a backlog of projects includes everything from staff ...

The nonprofit is dedicated to championing and promoting the Florida State Parks system for everyone to use. This year, the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — 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 ...