A proposal to study turning Ocala National Forest into a national park has been met with both support and opposition. Opponents fear the change would increase tourism and development, disrupting the ...

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine of Florida has introduced legislation that could eventually lead to designating the vast Ocala National Forest and surrounding springs as a national park. But at this point, he is ...

When Florida Congressman Randy Fine offered a bill this summer to study transforming Ocala National Forest into Florida Springs National Park, one of the benefits he cited was an economic boom that ...

A Central Florida congressman has put forward a proposal for the newest national park in the United States: the Florida Springs National Park. Congressman Randy Fine (R) has filed a bill in the U.S.

Ocala National Forest and springs in nearby counties, such as Volusia and Flagler, will be considered for national park designation under a new bill. New Smyrna Beach, Daytona Beach meetings to focus ...

OCALA, Fla. — There’s a new push to turn many of Florida’s state springs into a national park. It’s a measure that Florida’s 6th Congressional District Rep. Randy Fine is pushing forward as part of ...

North Central Florida could house the country’s 64th national park, and Florida’s fourth. U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, R-F.L., proposed a bill July 23 that would create a new national park in Florida. It ...

A push in Congress to designate Ocala National Forest and the surrounding springs is drawing mixed feedback from locals, economists and conservationists. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., has proposed the bill ...

Not too long ago, rumors spread about the possible opening of a new U.S. national park. Some media outlets reported that Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park and Bond Swamp National Wildlife ...

I teach a class on “Southern Politics,” and we had our opening class last week. We discussed history for a bit, as I explained that the Democrats of the old “Solid South” were segregationists, and ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has released a new video of the bear that was spotted and captured at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on Monday. The short video shows the small ...