A move by Florida lawmakers to protect state parks from development like golf courses and tennis courts cleared its first ...

One of the original Florida state parks, opened to the public in 1935 ... Another special inhabitant of the park is the rare Barbour’s map turtle, only found in this part of the country.

As he worked on the maps, Gaddis saved them to an internal ... The opposition raged online, too, with “Keep Florida State Parks Wild” art ricocheting around social media.