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On 19 August 2024 the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced plans [21] to build golf courses and 350-room lodges on state park lands. [22]In statements to the Tampa Bay Times and in posts to social media, the agency claimed that the construction of a golf course on vulnerable scrub habitat will be done in a way to "minimize habitat impacts".
The park is also the home to a rare plant that only grows in the Savannas Preserve State Park in the world, the savannas mint. The Savannas Education Center has live exhibits, a gift shop, self-guided tour booklets, and information on many of Florida's State Parks. Interpretive guided tours and canoe/kayak trips are offered by the Friends of ...
The land around the headwaters of the springs remained privately owned until 1990, when the State of Florida acquired the springs and saved them from development. Much of the work to open Rainbow Springs State Park was done by volunteers from the community.
Rainbow Springs State Park is a Florida state park located on U.S. 41, 3 miles (5 km) north of Dunnellon, Florida. It comprises 1,459.07 acres (5.9046 km 2 ) upland (which includes around 100 acres (0.40 km 2 ) of wetlands) and 12.83 acres (51,900 m 2 ) submerged.
Cayo Costa State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Florida, on Cayo Costa (formerly known as La Costa Island or Padilla Rancho), an island directly south of Boca Grande (Gasparilla Island) and just north of North Captiva Island, approximately 12 miles (19 km) west of Cape Coral. The park is accessible only by charter boat (with or ...
A view of Hobe Mountain Observation Tower during sunrise, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, at Jonathan Dickinson State Park in Martin County. Florida Department of Environmental Protection has proposed to ...
Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park is a Florida State Park in the Osceola National Forest, near the town of Olustee. The site of Florida's largest Civil War battle, the Battle of Olustee . The park is located 50 miles (80 km) west of Jacksonville and 15 miles (24 km) east of Lake City , on U.S. 90 .
Alafia River State Park is a Florida State Park, located near Picnic in Hillsborough County in central Florida, 17 miles southeast of Tampa on County Road 39.Even before it became a park, the area, and particularly Hurrah Lake, was the center of leisure activities since the early 1880s.