Wastewater Spill near the Santa Fe Swamp
The Santa Fe River begins with the rainwater-fed lakes Santa Fe and Alto over by Waldo. The river then winds its way north through the Santa Fe Swamp. These rainwater fed lakes formed on the […]
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 […]
Kim Ross Writes On Climate Change
Impacts from climate change affect us all, including the Santa Fe River basin. Here Kim Ross of ReThink Energy Florida in Tallahassee comments on latest developments and projections. Kim has long been a supporter […]
The Devil and Rum
“The river below ” was the simplistic way I was introduced to our aquifer. I imagined a mirror image of the Santa Fe in triplicate, coursing below the actual river. Instead, limestone caves, and channels, […]
Rum Island Muse
The following was written and published by Lucinda Faulkner Merritt in 2017. As foretold in this article, Rum Island spring has spent much of this past year in reversal; the pressure from the artesian blue […]
Summit 25 a Great Success
Why do we have water summits? To learn and to renew our spirits. Thanks to the Florida Springs Council and Ryan Smart, we just had another good one. And thanks to Dean Benjamin Barros, Dean […]
Rum Island Spring
Artesian aquifer pushes back tannic river water in this image taken in 2014. A 2nd magnitude spring, it typically releases 6.5-65 million gallons/day. The vent is only a few yards from the Santa Fe River, […]
News From SouthWings
SouthWings has supported OSFR several times in the past, providing multiple flights over the Sable Trail pipeline project and Mosaic mines, the failed phosphate mine in Bradford and Union counties, and the on-going mine […]
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