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2024 was a landmark year for the Florida Springs Institute. We celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of our namesake, Howard T. Odum. We also honored the legacy of our organization by completing an Ecological Health Assessment of
By Robert Knight, PhD Published in Underwater Speleology, Vol 51 No3 Autumn 2024. Clear, pure groundwater is the basis for life in Florida’s artesian springs. Remove flowing water and a spring is a sinkhole, a stagnant window into the dark
By Dr. Robert Knight. Published in the Orlando Sentinel on September 13, 2024 I recently chanced upon a memorial for the extinct Passenger Pigeon. Located on a high bluff above the Upper Mississippi River in rural Wisconsin, this marker was
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THE FLORIDA SPRINGS INSTITUTE IS A 501(C)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
Learn about The Florida Springs Institute’s ongoing project on the Lower Santa Fe River
Haley Moody, Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute September 9th, 2026 This summer, several springs stopped flowing in High Springs. When aquifer levels drop during periods of drought, springs at higher elevations stop flowing first. At the Florida Springs Welcome Center in downtown High Springs, where the Florida Springs Institute’s
By Robert Knight The shocking term “explosive diarrhea” is in the current news stream. Referring to an outbreak of fecal-borne disease (cyclosporiasis) propagated by consuming contaminated vegetables (e.g., Taco Bell lettuce?) and currently infecting thousands of people in at least nine different states, this is big news because it is
Florida’s “Springs Heartland” covers an estimated 5,664 square miles of the Suwannee River Basin. Plentiful rain falling on porous karst geology collects and feeds groundwater to more than 300 artesian springs. These springs feed life-nourishing groundwater to the Suwannee River – immortalized in song and legend. And yet, the Suwannee
