Corridor Connections

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Post published:July 1, 2025
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By Haley Moody, July 1, 2025 Last month, staff from the Florida Springs Institute attended the Corridor Connect Conference at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort. Corridor Connect is a three-day event hosted by the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation in order to facilitate and strengthen vital connections for land conservation in Florida. Driven by the need to protect Florida's 131 imperiled animal species from rapid development, the Florida Wildlife Corridor is an 18-million acre continuous patchwork of both wild…

Springs Academy Class 2: Springs Hydrogeology

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Post published:May 12, 2022
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This class, called “Springs Hydrogeology”, is the second in the six-part Springs Academy series. Held at the North Florida Springs Environmental Center in High Springs and given by Dr. Robert Knight, founder and director of the Howard T Odum Florida Springs Institute.

Latest Silver Springs Fish Study Shows Exotic Fish Explosion

Post author:Haley Moody
Post published:September 30, 2021
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Scientists have been studying the fish population at Silver Springs for decades. The most recent study completed by the Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute (FSI) reveals a troubling trend. Blue tilapia, an exotic fish, has exploded at Silver Springs over the last two years to 88% of the total fish population. “This is a troubling trend because blue tilapia compete with native mullet and gizzard shad for food and bass and sunfish for nesting areas. They…

Wakulla Springs success? Not so fast

Post author:Haley Moody
Post published:October 27, 2020
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Bob Knight Tallahasee Democrat. October 14, 2020 Re: "A watery enigma: Wakulla Springs now producing more water than 20 years ago," Sept. 8, 2020 Florida’s governmental leaders wish to proclaim success with springs protection. However, the recent article citing Northwest Florida Water Management District staff needs to be placed in proper context. The article’s premise is that, in light of recent increases in spring flow at Wakulla Springs, there is still more groundwater to pump. The fact is that…

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The next fatality in Florida’s springs pandemic?

Post author:Haley Moody
Post published:August 14, 2020
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Robert L. Knight. Published in the Gainesville Sun on August 14th, 2020 Rainbow Springs, located in southwest Marion County, long nourished the Rainbow River with over 450 million gallons per day of cool, clear and clean groundwater. During Florida’s inevitable droughts, Rainbow’s reliable groundwater discharge historically supported productive fisheries in the lower Withlacoochee River and Withlacoochee Bay. Ongoing monitoring has documented a catastrophic decline in flows in the Rainbow River and in the downstream water bodies. Based…