The Hillsborough County's Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department will conduct a prescribed burn today at the Balm Road Scrub Preserve, 15299 McGrady Road. ...more

February 16, 2009

More than a year after a 24-vehicle crash on Interstate 4, a final report by the Florida Highway Patrol has been competed and released. ...more

February 2, 2009

Personnel from the Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department will conduct a prescribed burn today at Golden Aster Scrub Preserve, 12181 East Bay Road. ...more

October 16, 2008

Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department is conducting a prescribed burn today at Camp Bayou Nature Preserve ...more

September 9, 2008

Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department will conduct a prescribed burn for the purpose of ecological management today, Monday, Sept. 8, at FishHawk Nature Preserve, 17313 Boyette Rd., Lithia. The burn will last one day. For more information, call the Parks, Recreation & Conservation Department, (813) 672-7876. ...more

September 8, 2008

The Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department, in conjunction with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, is conducting a prescribed burn today at Bullfrog Creek Scrub Nature Preserve, 14601 U.S. 301. It will last one day. ...more

August 11, 2008

The Hillsborough County Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department will conduct a prescribed burn today in Alderman's Ford Park. The purpose of the one-day burn, which will be at 100 Alderman's Ford Drive, is for ecological site management. ...more

July 22, 2008

Protective buffers and better public access for wilderness parks were among ideas floated last week when local residents met to discuss a growth plan for the southwest corner of Hillsborough County. ...more

July 16, 2008

First, it was too dry. Then it was too wet. Bill Carlisle would like to set the wilds on fire, but Mother Nature isn't cooperating. ...more

July 12, 2008

An additional trooper should have been patrolling the highways in Polk County when 70 vehicles collided last month on Interstate 4, the Florida Highway Patrol said Wednesday. ...more

February 7, 2008