FSC Letters

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 an...

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 o...

Florida Springs Council Letter Criticizes Gov. DeSantis’ Progress on Protecting Florida’s Environmen

Florida Springs Council President Dan Hilliard sent an open letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, questioning the Governor’s commitmen...

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 aqua...

Here are the petitions to the five legal challenges to the BMAPs (amended February 1, 2019)

Click the document image to the left of each description to access the full document. Silver Springs Alliance, Inc. and Rainbow River Con...

Jevon's Paradox - we should all learn this one

State agencies (and most of us, really) assume that if we increase efficiency in irrigation, it will help conserve Florida's limited wate...

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