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To Randall Burchett, the Ocala National Forest campsite at Hopkins Prairie was a slice of heaven. Except for one thing. “Don’t drink the water from that pump over there — it&#8217… ...
After touring the Ocala National Forest to view work being done by CCC, editor Bert Dosh of the Ocala Evening star was convinced the forest was being transformed into a sportsman's paradise.
The U.S. Forest Service is doing prescribed burning in the Ocala National Forest today. The 356-acre prescribed burn will take place in Marion County west of County Road 314-A, and south of Forest ...
In the nearly 387,000-acre Ocala National Forest, wild Florida shows its true colors for recreationists of all interests, whether they travel on foot, bike, horseback, ATV or by car. And while the … ...
Tree cover loss in the Ocala National Forest spiked in 2006 and 2009. In 2006, a prescribed fire in the Juniper Prairie raged out of control and into sand pine areas. The resulting fires burned ...
OCALA - Surveyors in the Ocala National Forest are entering the home stretch on an important boundary management project for the U.S. Forest Service. Since early March, Degrove Surveyors Inc. of ...
OCALA - President Bush's 2007 budget proposal suggests putting 973 acres of the Ocala National Forest up for sale as part of an initiative to raise up to $800 million for a federal program that ...