National Forests in Florida

This upcoming weekend, August 14-15, many National Forests in Florida recreation sites are fee-free in honor of Back-to-School.
Get the family outdoors and have a great time before settling back into the classroom!
Free admission applies to certain sites within the Ocala, Apalachicola, and Osceola National Forests.
Review the full list of sites in each of the National [...]

The Ocala National Forest is fortunate to host the Boy Scouts of America premiere honor society, the Order of the Arrow, this week. Working on a variety of projects throughout the forest as part of  “FourCorps 2010,” , these young men will be honored at a special event on Wednesday June 16 at River Forest [...]

Get Outdoors = GO! Join the National Forests in Florida in celebrating National Get Outdoors Day on Saturday June 12 by enjoying our forests with your family.  Even as the weather warms up here in Florida, there’s always a getaway to enjoy year-round in our National Forests in Florida:

Take a short walk and go swimming [...]

A 56-acre wildfire caused by a lightning strike in the southwest corner of Big Gum Swamp Wilderness in the Osceola National Forest was 100-percent contained by U.S. Forest Service firefighters at 8 p.m. on May 10.
Aerial ignitions from a helicopter will be used today to prevent spot fires.
The wildfire was discovered at about noon on [...]

Press Release
Olustee, Fla. — A team of U.S. Forest Service firefighters immediately responded to and safely secured a wildfire in the southwest corner of Big Gum Swamp Wilderness that was discovered at approximately noon on May 9.
The fire was secured last night but the Forest Service will conduct a 3,000-acre burnout today on the western [...]