Federal brief
Big Cypress National Preserve; Off-Road Motor Vehicles
Publisher-desk brief on Interior Department FR 2026-20251 (2026-10-02). Use the filing for dates and comment paths.
Interior is proposing new rules for off-road motor vehicles inside Big Cypress National Preserve — a Florida wetlands fight that shows up first in the Federal Register.
Proposed rules set where ORVs can roll, who needs a permit, and how the Preserve balances access with wet prairie and wildlife habitat.
Filing abstract (agency text): The National Park Service proposes to amend special regulations for Big Cypress National Preserve that regulate the use of motorized vehicles off roads. The current regulations refer to a map that identifies areas within the National Preserve where motorized vehicles can be used unless closed by the Superintendent. This map is outdated and does not depict the current boundary of the National Preserve, which was expa…
Preserve visitors, ORV clubs, and South Florida counties: read the proposed text and calendar before you plan a season of trail use.
Federal Register filing: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/02/2026-20251/big-cypress-national-preserve-off-road-motor-vehicles
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Source: the official public federal record 2026-20251 · Federal Register · 2026-20251 · 2026-20251.
This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.