A 59-year-old man riding a dirt bike struck a tree and died in Ocala National Forest in Lake County on Sunday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Just after 11 a.m. the man was riding a ...

A 50-year-old Silver Springs man died in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash in the Ocala National Forest. The crash occurred on National Forest Road 5 when the rider lost control of his dirt bike. The ...

A motorcyclist in Ocala is dead after crashing into two trees in Ocala on Sunday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The incident occurred while a 59-year-old man was riding northbound in Ocala ...

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine has proposed a bill to study the feasibility of a Florida Springs National Park, encompassing the Ocala National Forest and surrounding springs. The proposed park aims to protect ...

A proposal to study turning Ocala National Forest into a national park has been met with both support and opposition. Opponents fear the change would increase tourism and development, disrupting the ...

It has been about three months since U.S. Rep. Randy Fine, a freshman Republican, offered legislation that would fund a study about whether the Ocala National Forest should be transformed into ...