LAND O' LAKES - If you have a leftover Christmas tree that you don't know what to do with, Pasco County might have an answer. Through Jan. 5, people can drop off Christmas trees at eight county parks. ...more

December 27, 2007

Pasco County is offering Christmas tree recycling. Residents should remove all tinsel, metal hooks and decorations from their Christmas trees and drop them off at one of the following locations during normal park operating hours today through Jan. 5. Trees will be chipped, and the mulch will be donated to county parks. ...more

December 26, 2007

For pristine smoothness of asphalt, it has no rival. For access by town or country, it has no peer. Hillsborough County's Flatwoods Park is has become the premier destination for those who prefer their workouts wheeled and their scenery beautiful. ...more

December 22, 2007

Something lay dead up ahead. The seventh-graders from Rushe Middle School craned their necks, trying to guess which of the many creatures that call Cross Bar Ranch home had met its demise near the unpaved road that winds through the 12,000-acre preserve. ...more

December 15, 2007

For nearly four decades now, railroads have been a rare sight in the West Pasco area. But the new Central Pasco and Gulf Railroad will make tracks to Crews Lake Wilderness Park later this month. ...more

December 14, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - A doe and fawn pause in a meadow, posing for visitors on a tour of the Cross Bar Ranch in central Pasco County. ...more

December 12, 2007

Cross Bar Ranch in central Pasco County once was a battleground in the regional water wars that pitted local governments against one another. ...more

December 12, 2007

Get a drive-through view of the sights - and sounds - of Santa Claus time at Jay B. Starkey Wilderness Park. ...more

December 7, 2007

Cars speed by on busy Massachusetts Avenue, where law offices, a chain drugstore and a pizza parlor tell of modern life. ...more

December 6, 2007

For months, a proposed landfill has stirred debate in east Pasco County, where people have hoisted signs and packed public meetings to attack the plans of a company that wants to build a 90-acre facility off Enterprise Road. ...more

November 30, 2007