By Mary Wozniak – News-Press.com – February 12, 2012

Drilling for oil and gas in state parks and other conservation lands would be on the table for the first time if companion bills proposed in the state House and Senate meet with the Legislature’s approval. That means areas such as the 70,000-acre Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park could eventually be home to oil wells as well as endangered orchids and other species such as the endangered Florida panther, and drilling in the 23,000 Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed could be allowed as well as hiking. For full story, click here.