tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:09:27 +0000GeothermalLilly SpringWakulla RiverSulphur SpringsSt. Johns RiverkeeperLake LanierHart SpringsMadison Blue SpringGPS CoordinatesManateeSylvan SpringsSprings CelebrationEconfina CreekTwin Dees SpringSpringshedWeeki Wachee RiverBlue Green AlgaeFlorida Springs Protection ActShepherd SpringSeptic TanksAlexander SpringLittle River SpringManatee RiverColumbia SpringWithlacoochee RiverMinimum Flows and Levels (MFLs)Drainage BasinChassahowitzka RiverDevils Eye SpringAlafia RiverWeeki Wachee SpringGlen SpringsFanning SpringsPoe SpringDevils DenDeer SpringKings BayBig Blue SpringConvict SpringGemini SpringsAucilla RiverNitrateHillsborough RiverAnderson SpringManatee SpringsSt. Johns RiverSuwannee River Wilderness TrailWater Use PermitDivingTotal Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)Yellow RiverWall Springs ParkOutfitterSpray FieldGreen Cove SpringLittle Manatee RiverLittle Devil SpringSilver SpringsJohnson SpringSinkholeBlue Spring State ParkWerner-Boyce Salt Springs State ParkSalt SpringsBlue Hole SpringOchlockonee RiverWater RestrictionsWekiwa SpringsSt. Marks RiverGroundwaterRainbow SpringsVortex SpringJim StevensonDesalinationAlgaeThree Sisters SpringsApalachicola RiverMapManateesPaper MillGinnie SpringsWater hyacinthPonce de Leon SpringHomosassa Springs State ParkForty Fathom GrottoAlapaha RiverWatershedWarm Mineral SpringsHomosassa SpringsWes SkilesSturgeonJuniper SpringAdvanced Wastewater Treatment (AWT)Shangri-LaSally Ward SpringMill Creek SinkSpring CreekOcklawaha RiverOrange Grove (Sinkhole)HydrillaRuth Walker SpringsWacissa Spring 2Offshore SpringsDogwood SpringTwin SpringSanta Fe RiverFlorida Springs License PlateCanoeing-KayakingGilchrist Blue SpringLittle Blue SpringWastewaterNaked SpringDiverRum Island SpringTroy SpringsStormwaterWater ConservationKissengen SpringSuwannee RiverOtter SpringsWilliford SpringRainbow RiverDevils Ear SpringFirst Magnitude Spring(s)Water ReuseCaloosahatchee RiverWekiwa RiverFern HammockBookConservationPeacock SpringsWorthington SpringsLower Ocklawaha RiverSuwannee SpringsHarmon DoctrineFalmouth SpringJuly SpringsJackson Blue SpringWater LettuceCyanobacteriaNiagara Bottling LLCRock SpringsCherokee SinkWacissa RiverCassidy SpringsCrystal SpringCrystal RiverJuniper CreekHornsby SpringBoat RampsBest Management Practices (BMPs)Newport SpringRainbow Springs State ParkLittle Salt SpringLafayette Blue SpringLithia Springs MajorHorsehead SpringLog SpringDeLeon SpringsFloridan AquiferPeace RiverIndian SpringsLithia Springs ParkIchetucknee SpringsWakulla SpringsVolusia Blue SpringSilver Glen SpringsStormwater runoffReclaimed WaterIchetucknee RiverWorking GroupPitt SpringKiefer SpringFertilizerGeorgia-PacificChoctawhatchee River"Bronson Blue Springs" "Levy Blue Spring"Chipola RiverHomosassa RiverCamp KulaquaMorrison SpringFreedivingSovereign Submerged Lands (SSL)Florida ForeverWhite SpringsSnorkelingA blog dedicated to the 700+ springs located throughout Florida and those rivers that are spring-fed. After a long abscence and a new domain name this Florida Springs Website is now back as of 5/29/2011http://www.floridasprings.us/noreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)Blogger1373125FloridaSpringshttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-5528916575539459721Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:48:00 +00002011-06-15T20:48:59.445-04:00Ichetucknee RiverPublished 6/14/2011 Blog Only 750 people are allowed in that part of the river per day so vegetation isn’t damaged. You can’t rent tubes once you’re inside the park, so you have to stop before you enter. The convenient part is that the vendors collect your tubes as soon as you get out of the water, so you don’t have to bring them back to the rental station. The tubing fee is $5 per person. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/tubing-itchetucknee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-1828201866314858836Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:37:00 +00002011-06-07T20:41:42.947-04:00ManateesChoctawhatchee RiverAucilla RiverApalachicola RiverSt. Marks RiverPublished 6/6/2011 While manatees spend the majority of their time in warmer waters on Florida’s east and west coasts, we get a surprising number of these lumbering mammals who venture north each summer. Sightings and reports are common in the St. Marks, Aucilla, and Apalachicola Rivers, Lake Wimico, which is well off the Apalachicola River, St. Andrew Bay, and sometimes Choctawhatchee and http://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/sea-cows-journey-north-to-panhandle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-523505925704578019Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:41:00 +00002011-06-07T18:41:53.142-04:00Silver SpringsPublished 6/7/2011 Orlando Sentinel The National Association of Vintage Equipment Divers is a group dedicated to diving using old-style equipment. They gathered at Silver Springs for the 50th anniversary of the end of filming of Sea Hunt, a popular high-action TV series starring Lloyd Bridges as Mike Nelson, a scuba diver in the days when it was new. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/vintage-divers-celebrate-sea-hunt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-80433207697348990Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:28:00 +00002011-06-06T21:28:03.122-04:00Wekiwa SpringsPublished 6/6/2011 A black bear was caught swimming in a family's hot tub last week. The bear was just two miles from Wekiwa Springs State Park, and there are so many black bears there, that the state said they are considering removing their endangered status. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/black-bear-takes-swim-in-family-spa.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-1726396428888108242Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:36:00 +00002011-06-06T19:36:18.649-04:00Suwannee RiverPublished 6/6/2011 The two men will paddle 240 miles over eight days down the Suwannee River from Georgia to the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. It’s an ambitious adventure the two men have been training for since winter of this year. Funds raised will go to Kids for Camp, a program that will provide a safe place for children and adults up to age 22 with autism, and School and Education Improvement http://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/pensacola-kayakers-paddle-down-suwannee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-76164581506457545Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:34:00 +00002011-06-06T19:34:03.444-04:00Ichetucknee RiverPublished 6/6/2011 Ocala.com An 8-year-old Gainesville girl will likely have to undergo rabies shots after being bitten over the weekend by an otter near Fort White. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/girl-facing-rabies-shots-after-otter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-8277633877986068502Mon, 06 Jun 2011 22:36:00 +00002011-06-06T18:39:54.455-04:00Wakulla SpringsIchetucknee SpringsSilver SpringsRainbow SpringsPublished 6/2/2011 Ocala.com The Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced Thursday that it will not fund springs restoration working groups for the Rainbow, Silver, Ichetucknee and Wakulla springs during the 2011-12 fiscal year. The working groups were established so local residents could play a part in designing restoration goals and standards for the water bodies and making http://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/fdep-cuts-springs-working-groups.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-1649463003938327753Sun, 05 Jun 2011 02:24:00 +00002011-06-06T22:25:47.318-04:00Published 6/3/2011 Scientists at the Tampa Bay Estuary Program and the Sierra Club pushed for the tougher rules, arguing that nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers contribute to nutrient pollution that saps the oxygen in waterways and fuels algae blooms that harm marine life. Statewide, at least 50 cities and counties have approved seasonal nitrogen-based fertilizer bans to varying degrees, http://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/tampa-approves-ban-on-fertilizer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-1892706834516524620Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:26:00 +00002011-06-04T09:26:30.206-04:00Wakulla SpringsPublished 6/2/2011 Tallahassee Democrat Members of the Wakulla Springs Basin Working Group learned Thursday that funding for the group and development of a restoration plan for the spring has been eliminated by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. In an email to working group members, Bob Knight, president of Wetland Solutions Inc., which had been contracted to lead a $72,000, http://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/money-for-wakulla-springs-restoration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-5266133334637082484Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:29:00 +00002011-06-07T20:32:47.950-04:00Apalachicola RiverPublished 6/1/2011 Miami Herald Federal scientists could revise their estimate of how much water Florida's Apalachicola River needs to prevent the deaths of an endangered mussel, a development that could give Florida more legal leverage in a long-running water dispute with neighboring Georgia. When scientists conducted the last study, a severe drought had starved the river of water. Mussels feedhttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/feds-examining-mussels-in-tri-state.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-535604008266980140Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:05:00 +00002011-06-01T01:05:28.544-04:00SturgeonPublished 5/31/2011 The Washington Post A sturgeon jumped into an airboat on a Florida river and broke a 25-year-old woman’s leg. Witnesses say the fish was about 5- to 6-feet long and weighed about 60- to 75-pounds. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/06/sturgeon-jumps-in-airboat-on-florida.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-5734094624332967253Sun, 29 May 2011 23:18:00 +00002011-05-29T19:23:38.111-04:00Alexander SpringAlexander Springs recreation area, located in the Ocala National Forest, is one of the premier springs in Florida. The springs area is enjoyed by swimmers, snorkelers and scuba divers. The main spring boil goes to about 30 feet of depth and has some small caverns at the bottom. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/05/underwater-tour-of-alexander-springs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-8368291986865876028Sun, 29 May 2011 23:17:00 +00002011-05-29T19:24:08.163-04:00Wacissa RiverFloridan AquiferPublished 5/10/2011 Gainesville Sun It was as clear to us as the sparkling clear water from the springs that feed the river: the growing demands on the state’s primary aquifer and its essential network of springs bring us close to crisis, if we haven’t already reached it. JEA’s request for a new consumption permit is not unique but it might be one of the more serious threats facing our most http://www.floridasprings.us/2011/05/larry-hasey-floridas-springs-rivers-are.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-8134784322492039253Sun, 29 May 2011 23:09:00 +00002011-05-29T19:23:22.363-04:00White SpringsFloridan AquiferPublished 5/9/2011 Suwannee Democrat According to SJRWMD, over 50 percent of the water used in the district goes to lawn sprinklers for turf grass irrigation. According to facts and models that have been presented at numerous public meetings, Jacksonville’s current water withdrawals are already drawing down our Floridan Aquifer as far west as White Springs in Hamilton County as well as lakes andhttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/05/jea-spigot-going-to-full-blast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-364446243175164806Mon, 23 May 2011 22:50:00 +00002011-06-07T18:53:07.976-04:00ManateesThree Sisters SpringsHomosassa Springs State ParkVolusia Blue SpringPublished 5/22/2011 Note: Great Photos of Manatees in Florida Springs As part of his project “Man and Manatee,” iLCP photographer Neil Ever Osborne worked to capture aerial images of Gulf Coast areas where manatees cluster in winter months. During the colder weather, manatees seek out warmer water to sustain them. These areas can range from protected tepid waters near natural springs, to shallowhttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/05/sea-cows-endangered-florida-manatees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-6167590942605524389Fri, 20 May 2011 22:43:00 +00002011-06-07T18:46:51.689-04:00Crystal SpringPublished 5/19/2011 The Zephyrhills waterworks were bought out in the 1980's. New owner Nestle Waters and the Thomas family, which owns this land, surrounded the springs with a nature preserve and education center that Karen Pate manages. Inside the Crystal Springs Preserve there are 140 different small springs. Altogether, they pump out about 40 million gallons of water a day. Just one crack inhttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/05/ephyrhills-bottled-water-behind-scenes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-2891015196684690287Sat, 14 May 2011 02:31:00 +00002011-06-06T22:33:31.736-04:00Santa Fe RiverSuwannee RiverWhite SpringsIchetucknee SpringsPublished 5/12/2011 Jacksonville Blog Others of North Florida's iconic springs are being damaged as well. Perhaps the most famous, the Ichetucknee, has lost more than 20 percent of its flow. The upper section is so shallow that consideration is being given to closing that part to tubers. The equally famous Suwannee and Santa Fe rivers are also losing flow. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/05/as-rivers-go-dry-bad-decisions-are-made.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-15017354794145609Sat, 14 May 2011 02:27:00 +00002011-06-06T22:30:21.070-04:00Water Use PermitPublished 5/12/2011 The St. Johns River Water Management District Tuesday night approved a permit that would allow Jacksonville utility JEA to withdraw up to 163 million gallons of groundwater daily in the next 20 years. Armingeon cited a report conducted by the District itself, which noted that “superficial aquifer levels are predicted to decline” in wetlands, lakes and ponds, in some areas, byhttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/05/jea-receives-controversial-water-use.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-2731839939270792862Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:47:00 +00002011-06-06T18:48:22.416-04:00Wacissa RiverPublished 4/25/2011 Ashling Daily Tidings After a bitter fight, Niagara Bottling Co. got permission two years ago to pump as much as 484,000 gallons a day from the Floridan Aquifer near Groveland. Today, Panhandle residents are fighting to prevent Nestle from taking nearly 500,000 gallons a day from the spring-fed Wacissa River. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/04/bottled-water-or-tap-water.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-1260691387728927834Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:55:00 +00002011-06-06T22:57:31.430-04:00Weeki Wachee SpringPublished 4/12/2011 For a few days in September, Weeki Wachee Springs' very own troupe of mermaids will turn budding water babies into fully fledged queens of the sea. While the water park was once a major attraction, less than 20 mermaids and two mermen now perform at the attraction. Sourcehttp://www.floridasprings.us/2011/04/welcome-to-mermaid-camp-historic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-2521824178678028719Mon, 27 Dec 2010 15:29:00 +00002011-06-04T10:33:39.581-04:00Published 12/26/2010 The Gainesville Sun The five fastest-growing tourism genres also happen to be strongest in North Florida: eco-nature-based, culture, heritage, culinary, and romance. North Florida's prime economic assets are a delightful mix of urban culture, authentic small towns, and wilderness areas; not to mention the largest constellation of freshwater springs in the world. These assetshttp://www.floridasprings.us/2010/12/annie-pais-north-florida-has-potential.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-8515974173212870240Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:07:00 +00002011-06-06T23:10:11.915-04:00ManateesVolusia Blue SpringPublished 12/14/2010 One of their main places of refuge is Blue Springs State Park in Orange City, which houses a hot spring, the perfect spot for the manatees to stay warm. The water flowing out of the spring cavern is a constant 72 to 73 degrees, more than 10 degrees warmer than the river water outside of the springs. On the day we visited, the chalk board at the entrance said there were 146 http://www.floridasprings.us/2010/12/cline-hot-spot-to-get-to-know-manatees.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-3199744444915284640Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +00002011-06-06T19:03:48.355-04:00Rainbow RiverPublished 11/13/2010 Ocala.com Visibility at the springhead is about 300 feet. That drops to about 50 feet as the river meanders 5.7 miles to the Withlacoochee River in Dunnellon. “Somewhere around 1960, (the nitrate levels) started to rise, and particularly in the past 10 years it dramatically started rising. And the thing is, it's still rising,” he said. Its groundwater recharge area is http://www.floridasprings.us/2010/11/rainbow-rivers-rescue-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-606706771908765248Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:24:00 +00002011-06-06T19:26:53.376-04:00Suwannee RiverPublished 10/21/2010 Miami Herald The Suwannee, which flows for about 235 miles from its headwaters in South Georgia's Okefenokee Swamp to empty into the Gulf of Mexico, always has drawn adventurous paddlers. But the creation of the Wilderness Trail in the past few years has made the Florida section more accessible. A public-private partnership of state and county agencies and cities and towns http://www.floridasprings.us/2010/10/suwannee-draws-adventurous-paddlers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32842214.post-8776796952481019372Fri, 17 Sep 2010 01:49:00 +00002011-06-06T21:51:48.170-04:00Ichetucknee SpringsPublished 9/15/2010 Restoration planning is the focus of the new coordinator of the Ichetucknee Springs Basin Working Group (ISBWG). Ondine Wells, newly appointed coordinator of the group. Wells succeeds Jim Stevenson who retired earlier this year as the leader of the working group. She is a communication specialist at Pandion Systems, an environmental science, ecology and communications http://www.floridasprings.us/2010/09/ichetucknee-springs-basin-working-group.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Paul Clark)0