2024 RiverFest Songwriting Contestants
Our Santa Fe River, Inc. is proud to present the following entries into the 12th Annual RiverFest Song Contest to be held on Sunday, March 24th beginning at 1pm at Rum 138, 2070 Southwest County […]
Little Awesome
The geological features at Little Awesome are pretty unusual, including long spring fissures, a tight little swallet and a hidden cove tucked into the shoreline. Little Awesome was what we called the swallet. When the […]
RiverFest Plant Hike: Exploring Little Awesome
Experience the magic of the bottomland forest winding along one of the wildest sections of the lower Santa Fe River when spring green tints the high canopy and lilies carpet the ground. Negotiate a karst […]
RiverFest Plant Hike: Santa Fe Preserve, South Tract
Saturday March 9th a team of adventurers set off to explore the plant life at Alachua Conservation Trusts‘ Santa Fe Preserve, South tract. The group was let by plant biologist Dr. Colette Jacono. This addition […]
Titanium Wastewater Spill
Many are aware of a proposed Titanium mine threatening to operate on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp. Recently the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stepped in to assert the water rights of the […]
Explore the Santa Fe River Preserve’s South Tract
Alachua Conservation Trusts’ South Tract hugs the Santa Fe River before the New River Confluence. Explorers will encounter a more remote portion of untamed wilderness. This time of year the wild azaleas and rain lilies […]
Action Alert: Zoning Change Application for High Density Development on the Ichetucknee Trace on March 5th.
High density land use developments are often the death knell of the health of our robust Springs’ Heartland. A townhouse development project over the Ichetucknee Trace threatens to disturb the underground flow of water that is […]
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