Let’s cut to the chase: what puts Florida on the global map, the tourism map, and the retirement map are its 825 miles of ...

Searching for the perfect socially distanced trip—or just some daydreaming fodder? Embrace the majesty of the United States ...

Ron DeSantis' "Great Outdoors Initiative", a plan to develop state parks with business ventures such as golf courses, pickleball courts and large hotels. Environmentalists are holding events called ...

Jeff Thomas, a tough but troubled amateur from New Jersey, played in the 1994 Masters. A decade later, he died under tragic circumstances.

There’s a place in the Florida Panhandle that feels like it was accidentally transplanted from the Appalachian foothills, a ...

That’s Torreya State Park in Bristol, Florida – a 13,735-acre slice of paradise that defies everything you thought you knew ...

Last year, the state proposed building golf courses, pickleball courts and hotels at some of Florida's state ... surfers to go — snorkeling, swimming." Although the park was not included in the ...

Sebring offers a slice of Old Florida – a part of the state where ranchers and citrus growers meet with farm to table ...

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.

A bill aimed at preventing a return of efforts to build golf courses, pickleball courts and resorts in state parks is ready ...

HB 209 is a response to plans to construct lodges, golf courses, pickleball courts and disc golf courses in nine state parks.