Going into effect July 1, 2025, the State Park Preservation Act, protects Florida’s 175 state parks. It specifically prohibits the construction of facilities like golf courses, lodges ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation protecting 175 state parks from development. The new law, supported unanimously by the Florida Legislature, aims to preserve natural spaces.

Florida’s top theme parks are watching crowds disappear, fast. Changing tastes, rising costs, and tired attractions are pushing tourists elsewhere. These 20 once-booming parks are now struggling ...

carrying signs with slogans like “Save Don’t Pave” and “Parks Over Profit.” The law, which goes into effect July 1, was unanimously approved by both chambers of Florida’s Republican ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill aiming to protect state parks from certain development was signed into law Thursday by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The bill will block the types of development that ...

DeSantis had previously said he would sign the ... of the people of Florida, this would not have happened,” Harrell told the Times. “The people stood up and said, ‘Our parks are precious ...

Ron DeSantis did the right thing — albeit grudgingly — by signing legislation into law to protect Florida's 175 state parks from encroaching development. The challenge he and future Florida ...

(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 legislation that ...

Unlike issues of abortion, immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, race and guns that have divided voters, state parks apparently hold a place in the hearts of Floridians ...

Unlike issues of abortion, immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, race and guns that have divided voters, state parks apparently hold a place in the hearts of Floridians regardless of party.