Monday Meditation
Music to my ears: shoals aerate, purify and provide habitat for crawfish, and mussels, an easy banquet for birds. These shoals are on the lower Santa Fe River, between the 441 and 27 bridges and […]
The Ichetucknee Springshed: follow the Trace
The Ichetucknee ‘Trace’ refers to the path lakes, creeks, and surface waters take to the Ichetucknee Headspring. In a sense, all springsheds have these traces. The Ichetucknee Trace is well documented thanks to the dedication […]
Monday Meditation
This short video of the Santa Fe River taken a few years ago. The 75 mile long Santa Fe River is host to many species of birds, reptiles, fish, mammals, amphibians, crawfish, and mussels. The […]
Awesomeness within the Siphon Creek Cave System
In 2021, Alachua Conservation Trust purchased a 195 acre tract of land on the Santa Fe River and called it Little Awesome Preserve. The name ‘Little Awesome’ refers to a feature on this property that […]
This Week on the Santa Fe: Minimum Flow Levels and Waters Journey
2. Movie Night, Friday, July 25 @ 6:00 p.m. at the Florida Springs Welcome Center – 18645 High Springs Main Street, High Springs showing of Waters Journey: Hidden Rivers of Florida. The film follows divers […]
The Siphon Creek Cave System and other spring clusters
Between the Devils Ear and Ichetucknee Springsheds lie a couple of spring clusters spaced fairly well apart. The first cluster is dominated by the Siphon Creek Cave System. Siphon Creek Rise qualifies as a First […]
Lawmakers, Stand Up to DeSantis and Start Healing a Mangled River
Read the original article here in the Orlando Sentinel. It gives many reasons to restore the Ocklawaha. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
Devils Ear, Eye, and Little Devil Springs
Devils Ear and Eye reside at the end of Little Devil Spring Run. All three are within Ginnie Springs Outdoors, LLC. Devil’s Eye and Ear are connected through underground channels with July Spring across the […]
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