The black lines showed forest roads, while the green lines represented previously legal roads that were closed. OUTDATED INFORMATIONMillions of people visit Florida’s national forests — Ocala, Apalachicola and Osceola — each year. “Everything was open unless it was designated as no access,” said Jay Perry, recreation program manager for Ocala National Forest. Or thousands of dollars and heavy equipment, also a preventable impact, that comes at the expense of the Forest Service. We’re above the Floridan aquifer, where all of this water filters down and comes back up out of the springs,” Ramirez said.