Ichetucknee Update
Two volunteers with Our Santa Fe River are monitoring the manatees, Longnose Gar and water lettuce in the Ichetucknee State Park as part of a larger study which they will share with us over time. […]
Help Extend Critical Habitat for Manatees
Defenders of Wildlife wants our help to expand the proposed critical habitat for manatees. The current habitat designation has not been reevaluated since first established fifty years ago. Land use has changed greatly and habitat […]
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, OSFR In Water Article
Co-author Sachi feeling incipient spring in the Santa Fe River. Thanks to Merrillee for the photo and timely poetry: “Dipping her finger into one of the tiniest of freshwater springs of the Santa Fe River […]
Longnose Gar, Water Lettuce and the Ichetucknee
December through March, during the new and full moons, Gar congregate for their winter spawning on the Ichetucknee. They get pretty frisky, sometimes exploding through the floating vegetation. Kenneth Sulak, Ph.D. , a research fish […]
The most abundant plant on the Ichetucknee spring run is invisible until dry : the periphyton
As the river level drops, one sees a vast expanse of a white substance coating the areas where high waters had receded. Some have suggested that this white residue is run-off from limestone road surfacing. […]
Giving the River a Voice : the Legislative delegation
This week we have several opportunities to speak out for the health of our springs, river, and aquifer. Monday, January 6 at 9 a.m. in Tallahassee, there is a public hearing concerning the ‘Springs Harm […]
Ichy Nippy Dip Day 2025, On Jan. 4, 9am to 1pm
The following was taken from Face Book. New for this year is the fund-raiser auction. Celebrate the Springs and enjoy fellowship with other springs lovers. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river […]
Meditating Among the Giants
These huge cypress secure the shores of the lower Santa Fe River near the Suwannee confluence. Without these bastions, the shoreline would quickly erode. The bases are broad but only visible when the waters are […]
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