Our Santa Fe Goes Batty
Please watch this short video of our latest OSFR adventure where our members went into the Santa Fe College Bat Cave and were able to see the Floridan Aquifer up close. The excursion was led […]
Longnose Gar -2025 Ichetucknee
Between December and March, during the full on new moons, the Longnose Gar migrate up into our rivers to mate . Preferring the clear waters of the Ichetucknee, the gar gather to spawn within the […]
Ichetucknee Update
The gar in this video were photographed last year in February, 2024. This year the Ichetucknee State Park closed for several weeks while a crew removed fallen trees from the park waters. Fallen tree limbs, […]
Hike Little Awesome Preserve
Please join Our Santa Fe River on a Hike at Little Awesome Preserve. This Saturday 2/22/2025 at 11:00. The hike will be mostly quiet in the style of the Council of All Beings as we attempt to connect with […]
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. […]
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. […]
A Tale of Two Oaks
Trees are an integral part of our water cycle. Their roots draw down rain to replenish our aquifer and prevent soils from eroding. Their shade create cooling islands. Fall and winter are ideal times to […]
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