SPringsWatch: Silver River
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Located six miles east of Ocala in Marion County, the Silver River begins at Silver Springs, a group of artesian springs that comprise a first magnitude spring group. The river flows for approximately 4.5 miles to its confluence with the Ocklawaha River. Mammoth Spring is the largest of the Silver Springs group and is surrounded by the Silver River State Park. In 2013, the former Silver Springs attraction property was combined with the 4,418-acre Silver River State Park to become the 4,660-acre Silver Springs State Park.
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SpringsWatch volunteers conduct monthly sampling sessions along the Silver River. Our Silver River group currently collects data on water temperature, dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, vertical light attenuation, aquatic vegetation, and visual bird surveys.
SpringsWatch offers participants a deep dive into understanding the ecology of Florida springs as well as a fun day on the water helping to generate research which supports them. To learn more about the data our volunteers are collecting, click on the monitoring summary or dashboard links below. To Learn more abut Silver River, go here: SILVER SPRINGS
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Silver River SpringsWatch Data AND Monitoring summaries
Become a citizen scientist And help protect Florida's springs!
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The Florida SpringsWatch program is funded in part through generous support from the Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida, the Live Wildly Foundation, and the annual First Magnitude Springs Run hosted by First Magnitude Brewing Company, and Silver River Museum & Environmental Education Center.
