A national forest in Florida offers a wide range of outdoor activities, wildlife sightings, and a break from the crowds of ...

Ocala National Forest among the only places in Florida where you can hike out (with a permit) and hand-select your own special tree.

The forest was established in the 1990s as a refuge for wildlife, nature and passive recreation. Of its 1,700 acres, the road would cover 60 acres, and 100 acres would be left separated from the ...

The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture allows people to go into federal forests to cut down sand pine trees in two designated areas. One is off State Road 19 in Umatilla, while the other is off Highway 40 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — A Petrified Forest in Altamonte Springs is known for the outdoor scare trails it offers during spooky season, and it’s brought a few scares to MegaCon Orlando this weekend.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is aiming to pave an airstrip in the middle of Ocala National Forest and is facing ...

In a six-day approval blitz in December, a plan to extend Osceola Parkway into Split Oak Forest was approved by the Central Florida Expressway Authority Dec. 12, Osceola County Dec. 19 and Orange ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Editor’s note: This story is available as a result of a content partnership between WFTV and the Orlando Business Journal. Orange County commissioners have flipped on their ...

Florida Forest Service Orlando battles two brush fires in Brevard County. By Brittany Caldwell, WFTV.com. August 03, 2022 at 6:02 pm EDT. Expand. Generic photo of fire Fire .

2011 Iron Horse Fire in Northern Seminole, Southern Volusia and Western Brevard counties burned 17,000 acres. (Florida Forest Service) Thirteen years earlier in 1998, the so-called Florida ...