Reply #30: In case you did not read in depth in the OP 2nd link:

[madfloridian]

http://theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/NEWS/703290477/1004

"Property owner Ben Selser said he wasn't thrilled that trees and underbrush had been cleared on his property for the race course without his permission.

The small placards nailed to trees along the course and a flier posted on the Internet identify the event's sponsor as a group called Florida Trail Riders, a group whose Web site on Wednesday announced the race's cancellation."

..."Despite the cancellation of the race, Selser said he has reported the damage to wetlands areas to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, which is investigating.

However, even if the race had occurred, there might not been much Selser could have done about it short of filing a lawsuit.

Although this would seem to many people a clear case of trespassing, legally it's not."

..."This kind of unregulated use of other people's private property is common in many of the so-called "land sales" subdivisions created in the late 1960s and early 1970s in the Green Swamp and other rural areas to market Florida real estate to out-of-state and foreign investors."

It also revealed how much Florida has been sold off to foreign investors.