This year, Ocala National Forest visitors with a permit can browse two designated areas marked by signs and pink flagging with trees mostly 3 to 15 feet tall. All stumps must be cut to 6 inches ...

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

Chelsey and Chris Stevens hike a section of the Florida Trail in Ocala National Forest. Researching the route. For almost as long as I’ve lived in Florida, I’ve known that the state’s 1,500 ...

I have a friend named Sandra Friend. She writes guidebooks about hiking in Florida. Not long ago, my friend named Friend contacted me about a different kind of hike: the hike in prices for using our ...

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

Indeed, it’s difficult enough to just drive through in one day without stopping.Ocala National Forest is meant to be explored, and there’s no better time than right now.From vast Florida sand ...

Florida Museum of Natural History scientists have found the first nest of Florida’s extraordinarily rare blue calamintha bee and added a new location to its known range: the Ocala National Forest.

A Florida man discovered human remains at Ocala National Forest on Sunday when he happened upon a suspicious-looking area that smelled “like death,” authorities said.

Agents cleaning the litter from the Ocala National Forest (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission) Cardwell faces several drug-related charges and one count of littering over 500 pounds.

OCALA NATIONAL FOREST — Two people were killed and a third person injured Friday morning in a head-on crash in a rural part of Marion County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a Honda CRV ...