BMAPs: Letters to FDEP and related documents, June 2018

These letters and documents were sent to FDEP's Noah Valenstein on June 5, 2018. The first is a letter signed by FSC and 23 member organizations outlining their concerns about the BMAPs as a whole. The next three letters are from individual organizations addressing their own BMAPs in further detail. The fifth document is a white paper prepared by Dr. Bob Knight of the Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute. The final document is the press release summing up FSC's communications with FDEP on this issue.

The photo was provided by nature photographer John Moran to accompany coverage of this issue. Any use of the photo should include credit to John Moran.

Letter from the Florida Springs Institute, signed by 23 organizations, to Florida Department of Environmental Protection, about 13 BMAPs

Gemini Springs: The Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience at Stetson University's Letter to FDEP regarding Gemini Springs BMAP

DeLeon Springs: The Institute for Water and Environmental Resilience at Stetson University: Letter to FDEP regarding DeLeon Springs BMAP

Joint letter from Suwannee-St. Johns Group Sierra Club, Our Santa Fe River and Ichetucknee Alliance regarding the Santa Fe River BMAP

Summary (analysis) of Outstanding Florida Springs Basin Management Action Plans prepared by the Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute

Press Release from Florida Springs Council about letters sent to FDEP's Noah Valenstein