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The embattled secretary of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection is reportedly stepping [...]

Chief of Florida’s environmental agency to resign (AP) - The chief of Florida’s Departm[...]

Jon Steverson, who for two stormy years has led the state Department of Environmental Protection un[...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The chief of Florida's Department of Environmental Protection is stepping [...]

Jon Steverson, Florida Department of Environmental Protection secretary, resigned Friday. Courtesy [...]

Jon Steverson addresses the St. Johns River and Suwannee River water management district boards Jon[...]

Florida's chief environmental regulator is stepping down from his job. Jon Steverson, secretary of [...]

Wildlife wonderland Why would up to 1,100 people a day walk three miles roundtrip in the middle of [...]

A shake-up at the Florida Park Service will see former director Donald Forgione take the helm as ma[...]

Lisa Edgar Lisa Edgar, who is ending a 12-year run as a state utility regulator, has been appointed[...]

Public Service Commissioner Lisa Edgar listens to testimony during a 2015 meeting. On Tuesday the F[...]

Florida Gov. Rick Scott's administration has named a soon-to-be jobless utility regulator to fill th[...]

(Photo: Democrat files) Donald Forgione, longtime director of the state parks, has been reassigne[...]

Should our state parks be about preserving and experiencing natural Florida? Or should each of th[...]

Florida news. The director of the Florida Park Service has been reassigned to manage a park, rekindl[...]

Paynes Prairie Goes On Without Management By Brooke Steinberg November 9, 2016 Paynes Prairie Pre[...]

A young wild horse walks with two adults, part of a group that was hanging around the observation to[...]

Visit Florida's first state preserve! Payne's Prairie Preserve State Park became Florida's first sta[...]

The merchandise offered online by Florida4You is generically branded "Florida State Park" instead of[...]

A bill that would give the Florida Department of Environmental Protection the ability to allow hunti[...]

Saturday's protest at Wekiwa Springs State Park calls for greater protection of land, water and wild[...]

Added by Protect Paynes Prairie For those of you who are interested in the details of SB1290. It [...]

The Sierra Club has organized simultaneous rallies across Florida to publicize and oppose state effo[...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - It’s not all fun and games when it comes to local and state park policy in Flori[...]

Florida State Parks are special places for many reasons. You would think Gov. Scott and Department o[...]

TALLAHASSEE — The Senate confirmed Gov. Rick Scott's environmental secretary this week after Democra[...]

TALLAHASSEE — The Senate confirmed Gov. Rick Scott’s environmental secretary Thursday after Democrat[...]

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson should have gotten the messag[...]

Secretary Jon Steverson gained confirmation in the Senate Thursday. The Florida Senate confirmed a r[...]

The Protect Paynes Prairie Coalition thanks the hundreds of local citizens who attended last Saturda[...]

Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Jon Steverson should have gotten the messag[...]

Aaron Albright / Alligator Staff Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to protect Paynes Prairie P[...]

Protect Paynes Prairie Coalition, a group of concerned local citizens, sponsored a march that went f[...]

Thumb up, thumb down CONFIRMING CONCERNS: Jon Steverson, who drew criticism after discussing plans t[...]

More than 300 people who don't want cattle grazing, hunting or other uses that could impair the envi[...]

Gov. Rick Scott's top environmental regulator moved a step closer to keeping his job Wednesday after[...]

[image added by Protect Paynes Prairie] Opponents of proposals by the state of Florida to commerc[...]

Some of the most productive birding hotspots in Florida are man-made treatment wetlands that were de[...]

Cut and paste to stop Steverson's plan to add hunting, grazing, logging and other multi-use activiti[...]

Herald-Tribune readers awoke on Christmas to find a present headlining the local section: a news sto[...]

Left to Right, Austin Moro, 18, Timothy Johnson, 18, and Nick Napoleon, 18, enjoy the unseasonably w[...]

Gov. Rick Scott’s bottom-line focus on state government is stirring environmentalists across Florida[...]

(Photo: File)The rewrite has silenced the critics for the time being. A bill filed by Rep. Matt Cald[...]

TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott’s bottom-line focus on state government is stirring environmentalis[...]

A hiker tours a wetland area on the south end of Upper Myakka Lake at the Myakka River State Park i[...]

A rain storm makes it way across Paynes Prairie Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park in April. (Doug [...]

Imagine cattle grazing at state parks as a way for the entities to pay for themselves. Forty-two pe[...]

top Last weekend we loaded up our SUV like the Clampetts' truck after they struck oil and hit the ro[...]

Photo: Florida Gov. Rick Scott (Bob Self / AP) Dec. 11, 2015 In recent years, the Florida Senate [...]

Gov. Rick Scott seems bound and determined to bring moneymaking ventures to Florida's state parks — [...]

Bird watchers at the inaguaral Birds of A Feather Fest search for signs of avian activity. Registrat[...]

Credit: FILE PHOTO A wild hog walks around the DuPuis Wildlife and Environmental Area in Martin Coun[...]

Should Rick Scott want to quietly contemplate his recent ranking as one of America's least-liked gov[...]

(photo added by Protect Paynes Prairie) Three months after Gov. Rick Scott named Jon Steverson the [...]

Leslie Poole If anyone can save Florida's parks now under serious assault by politicians and bureau[...]

A pair of joggers pass by blooming wildflowers among the brush along the trail leading to the canoe [...]

The perfect example of “if it ain’t broke” is the Florida State Park System. Well, at least it was a[...]

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection stirred up a needless controversy by declaring t[...]

Buy Photo Gov. Rick Scott is one boot-step closer to denaturizing Florida’s state parks. A Se[...]

The perfect example of "if it ain't broke" is Florida's State Park System. At least it wa[...]

Jeff Palmer films sandhill cranes on a ranch near the Myakka River State Park for a film he was mak[...]

Kayakers paddle at Savannas Preserve State Park off of Walton Road in Port St. Lucie. The state is c[...]

Entrance at state parks would be free for a year under a bill aimed at attracting more visitors, but[...]

When state environmental officials undertook what they promised was a serious effort to save and re[...]

Sebastian Inlet State Park is along State Road A1A on the Indian River/Brevard County line. (FILE PH[...]

Jon Steverson, secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, cleared a hurdle We[...]

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection stirred up a needless controversy by declaring t[...]

Gov. Rick Scott's chief environmental regulator, Jon Steverson, won a vote of confidence Wednesday f[...]

Two things you can do about the vote to confirm Jon Steverson as Sec of DEP that took place in a com[...]

As the Florida Department of Environmental Protection looks for ways to generate more revenue from [...]

A pair of deer look for grass to graze just after sunrise at Alafia River State Park near Lithia, F[...]

Don Curtis said he knew something was wrong when he saw the contract announcement from the Florida [...]

We have the best state parks in America. Or at least that’s what state officials like to boast, poi[...]

If Florida’s unofficial troubadour, Gamble Rogers, had an inkling of what the Department of Environ[...]

A group of wild turkeys roam a wetland area in the Myakka River State Park in Sarasota. Douglas R. [...]

News item: Florida is looking into the feasibility of establishing hunting in each of the 161 state[...]

Photo via Wikimedia Commons Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection is considering allowin[...]

When will Gov. Rick Scott 's administration realize that Floridians want their parks to be parks? N[...]

Gov. Rick Scott, on behalf of the millions of Floridians and tourists who enjoy our award-winning st[...]

Spoiler alert. I’ve got the inside word on who’s getting that special conservationist award from th[...]

Gov. Rick Scott 's top environmental regulator is pursuing plans to open state parks to hunting, and[...]

Jack Latvala is saying “no way” to hunting at Honeymoon Island State Park. On Tuesday, the Clearwate[...]

Times Staff Writer Every Florida state park is now being considered as a potential killing field.[...]

A new bill in Tallahassee would waive admission fees at all 174 state parks for an entire year, star[...]

It would be one thing to write off the latest mismanagement of the state park system as just ano[...]

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida is home to some of the nation's most acclaimed state parks. From beaches t[...]

Florida's top environmental official, Secretary Jon Steverson of the Department of Environmental Pro[...]

TALLAHASSEE — For the second time in two years, the boss of Florida's state lands division has quit [...]

View all 7 photos Bison, alligators and wild horses are among the wildlife visitors to Paynes Prair[...]

By Christopher Curry Staff writer Published: Saturday, October 10, 2015 at 5:07 p.m. In June 20[...]

Walk Around Florida 25 - Silver Jubilee Plan on joining walkers at Gainesville October 23-25 2015 f[...]

A Florida water agency has a new budget of $55 million. The Northwest Florida Water Management Distr[...]

State parks were never envisioned as being managed for resource consumptive uses such as hunting, ti[...]

There's plenty of wildlife in Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park near Gainesville, but the anima[...]

Though this is not about Paynes Prairie, it seems like it is good news for our beloved Silver Spring[...]

Tallahassee Democrat - Wednesday letters 4:30 p.m. EDT September 15, 2015 “Few people appreciate h[...]

Jon Steverson, secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, will be the keynote [...]

Gov. Rick Scott continues to make major public decisions in private and duck accountability. His lat[...]

Florida’s version of a modern range war is a dispute over whether to allow more public conservation [...]

Watery Foundation Blog- recent post below. September 15, 2015 The Florida Department of Environm[...]

Gainesville resident Danny Davis gets an envelope from the pay station kiosk to pay t[...]

OSTEEN — Fat cattle graze peacefully on publicly owned conservation land along the St. Johns [...]

(Photo: Florida State Parks) We’ll admit, Tallahasseeans reflexively get a little nervous when Fl[...]

Florida's Department of Environmental Protection now says that state parks should generate more reve[...]

Florida’s parks have been recognized three times — in 1999, 2005 and 2013 — as the nation’s best par[...]

News-Journal file/Nigel Cook Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, where the manatees are a crowd [...]

Anyone who is shocked by the state Department of Environmental Protection’s proposal to open up stat[...]

Published: Monday, August 31, 2015 at 6:01 a.m. Florida’s parks have been recognized th[...]

(Photo: Democrat files) Grand ideas to turn Florida’s state parks into money-makers have come and go[...]

ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla - Paynes Prairie may soon expand when it comes to agricultural activities, meant[...]

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Gainesville Sun Editorial Published: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, Ju[...]

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October 24, 2015Saturday  10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Matheson History Museum 513 East University Avenu[...]

Recent discussion of whether we should be making state parks pay for themselves by allowing hunting,[...]

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