Florida state forests


Florida's state forests are state forests overseen by the Florida Forest Service. There are 35 state forests in Florida covering more than 1,058,000 acres. The first state forest in Florida was Pine Log State Forest, established on 6,960 acres in 1936. Cary State Forest was established in 1937. Blackwater River State Forest and Withlacoochee State Forest were added in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Florida began large land purchase and preservation efforts in the late 1970s and management focus shifted from timber and wildlife focuses to a "multiple land use management ethic" including "conservation of natural and cultural resources, wildlife management, protection of water resources, and outdoor recreation."

Florida state forests

NameLocation
Belmore State ForestClay County
Big Shoals State ForestHamilton County
Blackwater River State ForestMilton
Carl Duval Moore State ForestPutnam County
Cary State ForestBryceville
Charles H. Bronson State ForestChristmas
Cottage Hill State ForestEscambia County
Deep Creek State ForestSt. Johns County
Etoniah Creek State ForestFlorahome
Four Creeks State ForestNassau County
Goethe State ForestDunnellon
Holopaw State ForestOsceola County
Indian Lake State ForestOcala
Jennings State ForestMiddleburg
John M. Bethea State ForestSanderson
Lake George State ForestDeLeon Springs
Lake Talquin State ForestTallahassee
Lake Wales Ridge State ForestFrostproof
Little Big Econ State ForestGeneva
Matanzas State ForestSt. Johns County
Myakka State ForestBradenton
Newnans Lake State ForestGainesville
Okaloacoochee Slough State ForestFelda
Plank Road State ForestCody
Picayune Strand State ForestCollier County
Pine Log State ForestEbro
Point Washington State ForestSanta Rosa Beach
Ralph E. Simmons Memorial State ForestHilliard
Ross Prairie State ForestMarion County
Seminole State ForestLeesburg
Tate's Hell State ForestCarrabelle
Tiger Bay State ForestDaytona Beach
Twin Rivers State ForestLive Oak
Wakulla State ForestWakulla County
Watson Island State ForestSt. Johns County
Welaka State ForestWelaka
Withlacoochee State ForestBrooksville

Florida Forest Service website