Parks

The closure, which is expected to last several days, is necessary for the safety of visitors and staff because of the resources and space needed to attend to the refugees. A camper on the island witnessed several of the landings.

Time has run out for a program that's provided funding to more than 180 natural areas in Florida . Sunday, Sept. 30 was the deadline for Congress to...

The Sierra Club is against a bill in a Florida House committee that would allow hunting, lumbering and cattle grazing in state parks in order to...

Florida's top environmental official was directed Wednesday to rethink a proposal to make state parks more financially self-sustaining, as he and the...

Governor Rick Scott and the Cabinet voted Wednesday to appoint John Steverson as secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. The move came...

The National Park Service recently released a list of how much delayed maintenance projects cost for parks around the country.In Florida, the amount comes…

Plans are in the works to build a pathway through the Everglades that cyclists, joggers and pedestrians can call their own.The 75-mile-long "River of…