This lake between Ocala/Gainesville is home to thousands of alligators and attracts many visitors for recreational and sport wildlife activities.

The property was leased and managed by the DNR, said Eric Cowing, district supervisor for the DNR Parks and Recreation ...

Far from Florida's usual coastal allure, the beaches feel more personal and amazingly crystal clear in this underrated protected forest.

Forest Lake State Forest Campground, located about 10 miles south of AuTrain in Alger County and managed by Indian Lake State Park, will close effective Monday, June 9. The closure is a result of the ...

A large alligator forced the closure of Juniper Springs waterway in Ocala weeks after a deadly attack elsewhere in Central ...

If you are a fan of having a live Christmas tree, you may want to consider having one that you can cut from the millions of trees in the Ocala National Forest ... land or in wilderness areas, ...

and his older sister while they were setting up for a weekend camping trip in the Ocala National Forest. However, the events took a dark turn later that evening when the group went to visit a ...

Loran Cole was pronounced dead just after 6 p.m. He and another man convicted in the case attacked the siblings 30 years ago while they were camping in the Ocala National Forest. His parents did ...

A death row inmate, guilty of the brutal murder of a college freshman and the rape of his sister while camping in a national ... two college students in Ocala National Forest three decades ago.

On Friday, Feb. 18, 1994, Cole, then 27, and William Paul, then 20, befriended siblings Pam and John Edwards, who planned to spend the weekend camping in the Ocala National Forest. John was an 18 ...