Your guide to this year's proposed Springs Legislation
Updated February 4th 2020 Your Springs Policy Experts here at the Florida Springs Council are, as always, keeping a close eye on all...
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- Sep 23, 2020
Rainbow River Spared from Westgate Resort
We won! For those of us who love and fight for Florida’s springs, these are words we don’t get to say often enough. WE WON! The Florida...
- May 18, 2020
North Florida’s springs are underfunded and ignored by legislators
Environmental spending flows south, leaving North Florida in the lurch. Florida Springs Council executive director Ryan Smart writes for the
- Mar 24, 2020
FSC and 59 other organizations ask Governor DeSantis to VETO the "Clean Waterways Act"
When the original version of the “Clean Waterways Act” was first introduced in 2019, it had the support of the Florida Springs Council...
- Feb 27, 2020
Press Release: Clean Waterways Act is Greenwashing
PDF here FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2020 Contacts: Ryan Smart, Florida Springs Council, smarts421@gmail.com, 561-358-7191 David...
- Nov 17, 2019
DEP scientist testifies against his agency's springs cleanup plans
Excerpts from a story by Bruce Ritchie reporting for Politico TALLAHASSEE -- A scientist with the Department of Environmental Protection...
- Oct 30, 2019
Florida Springs Council Statement on Seven Springs/Nestlé Consumptive Use Permit Application
Recently Seven Springs Water asked the Suwannee River Management District (SRWMD) to renew their permit to withdraw up to 1.152 gallons...
- Sep 25, 2019
Appointees key to protecting environment
Read full article here: https://www.gainesville.com/opinion/20190924/editorial-appointees-key-to-protecting-environment Florida’s water...
- Aug 28, 2019
Press Release: Springs Water Quality Hearing Begins Next Week in Tallahassee
Download a PDF of the press release HERE UPDATE: Due to Hurricane Dorian the hearing has been postponed. New dates will be announced as...
- Aug 24, 2019
FSC is taking the state to court over springs cleanup plans, overview
THE BASICS: The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) is required to adopt plans for cleaning up nitrogen and other...
- Apr 15, 2019
Saving Florida's springs isn't possible unless agriculture changes its ways
Read the original story in the Orlando Sentinel here: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-op-florida-springs-pollution-farmers-agr...
- Mar 12, 2019
Algae plaguing Florida's iconic springs triggers major legal battle
Read the original story at https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-ne-florida-spring-battle-tour-20190312-story.html Soon after taking...
- Feb 18, 2019
FSC position on aquatic herbicides
As you may be aware, last month the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced that it had temporarily paused...