HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — After months of protests, the future of Florida's state parks has been decided.

Gov. DeSantis signed a new law, unanimously passed by state lawmakers, preventing any projects on protected lands.

The State Park Preservation Act will protect all 175 of the state parks by preventing developers from building golf courses, hotels or other commercial projects on state park land.

The newly signed law comes after widespread outrage toward a proposed plan from the state last year to develop nine state parks.

"I don't think that they're going to stop at a single pickleball court, or one little trail, or one little glamping site. I think that once that door is opened, it's going to continue on until there's no more wild Florida left," Gia Medina said.

The bill

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