Florida State Park Love Fests aim to protect parks

Florida State Park Love Fests aim to protect parks

Last year, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) proposed plans to build golf courses, pickleball courts, and hotels in nine Florida state parks. It was called ParkGate by some environmental advocates and became a bipartisan issue with politicians and citizens from both parties taking a stance against it. Even the state parks that did not face development feared they would be next, according to the Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®.  Sinc…