Florida Springs Information Clearinghouse

The Springs Information Clearinghouse is developing a library of springs-related documents available to the general public and scientific and educational groups.

Scroll down the page to find:

• Wakulla Spring Adaptive Management Strategy 
• Springs Related Videos
• Springs Restoration Workshop Presentations & Videos
• Springs Health Report Cards
• Water Quality Trends
• Springs Restoration Plans

Wakulla Spring Adaptive Management Strategy

In an effort to assist with continuation of the recovery process at Wakulla Spring, the Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute (FSI) has decided to  revise and reissue the preliminary WSI report . It is hoped that the availability of this revised report will serve as a springboard to regain the momentum for Wakulla Spring restoration and protection. Please click on the cover below to view the full FSI Wakulla Spring Adaptive Management Strategy.

Springs Related Videos

•  Click here to see cave diver Eric Hutchinson's Discovery channel shoot
• Click here to see Florida's Springs In Crisis video

Springs Restoration Workshop: March 21st, 2011

Our first restoration workshop opened the discussion on what is going on with our springs and how we need to proceed. The day's speakers were recorded and you can access their power point presentations. They are listed below in order of appearance.  Videos to come soon

• David Still (SRWMD) Welcoming remarks  VIDEO
• Margaret Tolbert (Springs Artist) Why we love springs  PDF  
• Jim Stevenson (Former Florida Springs Taskforce) History of springs protection/restoration efforts  PDF  
• Dana Bryan (Florida Recreation and Parks) Springs in state parks  PDF  
• Laila Racevskis (UF) Spring ecosystem services
• David Hornsby (SJRWMD) Water supply planning and springs discharge  PDF  
• Jennison Kipp (UF) The true cost of clean and abundant water supplies  PDF  
• Joe Hand (FDEP retired) Springs Water Quality Trends  PDF  
• Todd Kincaid (Geohydros) Groundwater hydrology and the spring water budget PDF
• Rob Mattson (SJRWMD) Springs biology and impairment trends  PDF  
• Gary Williams (SWFWMD) Southwest Florida Water Management District Springs Program  PDF  
• Tom Frick (DEP) TMDLs and NNC   
• Greg Jones (Entrix) Minimum flows and levels  
• Pat Harden (Friends of Wekiva) Grass roots efforts  PDF  

Springs Health Report Cards

One goal of the Florida Springs Institute is to provide accurate and readily understandable information about the current ecological health of Florida's major springs. The springs health report cards provided below present the detailed data used to assign grades for important springs attributes. Click on each link to download the PDF report card document.

Florida Springs Water Quality Trends

A number of Florida's largest springs are routinely monitored by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.  The Florida Springs Initiative will periodically summarize these water quality data to illustrate trends over the period-of-record. Click on the links below to view these summaries.

Springs Restoration Plans

The Florida Springs Institute is pleased to post the following student semester project reports.  These springs restoration plans are from Dr. Knight's Fall 2010 Springs Ecosystems class at the University of Florida'sDepartment of Environmental Engineering Sciences.  They are published here as a resource to help those who eventually may be responsible  for restoring and protecting each of these wonderful springs.  Click on any of the report covers to download the PDF of the complete report.