Update 2025-05-28: Additional Project Drawings for Chemours application to mine on SRWMD land –USACE 2025-01-02. Update 2025-05-16: More about Spill from Chemours Trail Ridge South TiO2 mine SE of Starke, FL 2024-01-31. Chemours wants to mine on SRWMD land in Bradford County, FL, upstream from the Santa Fe River, on Double Run Creek which already […]
Six months after the in-person meetings last October, FDEP is holding more BMAP meetings, this time as webinars. Silver and Rainbow Springs, BMAP Webinars 2025-04-11, Lower and Middle Suwannee & Santa Fe River 2025-04-10 The Basin Management Action Plan (BMAP) documents can be found here: https://floridadep.gov/dear/water-quality-restoration/content/basin-management-action-plan-documents I have asked the Florida Department of Environmental Protection […]
Update 2025-05-11: Pictures: Ichetucknee River in the State Park 2025-04-05. Rescheduled again to April 5, 2025, because of river closure: they were still cleaning Hurricane Helene debris out of the river through the previous date. We apologize for the inconvenience. We are also disappointed. But neither we nor the park control hurricanes, and the park […]
Update 2025-02-15: Because the river was still closed for hurricane debris removal, Rescheduled: Ichetucknee to Santa Fe Rivers 2025-04-05. Rescheduled to February 22, 2025, because of park closure. Join us on a leisurely paddle on the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe Rivers, starting at Ichetucknee Springs State Park North Entrance, past many springs, taking out at […]
Update 2025-01-25: Due to park closure, Rescheduled: Ichetucknee to Santa Fe Rivers 2025-02-22. Rescheduled to February 1, 2025, due to schedule conflict. Join us on a leisurely paddle on the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe Rivers, starting at Ichetucknee Springs State Park North Entrance, past many springs, taking out at the US 129 Boat Ramp. When: […]
There was better communication than last time, but of course that was a low bar. You can follow up after that meeting, and the next ones: here are some ideas. https://wwals.net/?p=66108 The other two BMAP meetings are today (see below). Santa Fe River BMAP Meeting, Lake Butler, FL 2024-10-28 Better communication than last time At […]
Update 2024-11-24: Rescheduled due to schedule conflict: Rescheduled: Ichetucknee to Santa Fe Rivers 2025-02-01. Join us on a leisurely paddle on the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe Rivers, starting at Ichetucknee Springs State Park North Entrance, past many springs, taking out at the US 129 Boat Ramp. When: Gather 8:30 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 4 […]
Update 2024-07-28: No spills yet from rain on Valdosta 2024-07-28. Three rivers tested clean this week: Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and Santa Fe. There has been rain, scattered, but heavy in spots. No new sewage spills have been reported in the past week in Suwannee River Basin in Florida, or Georgia. The weather prediction all weekend is […]
Update 2024-08-02: Three more Ashburn sewage spills reported more than a week late 2024-07-20. Update 2024-07-24: Downstream dozen Florida counties task force reactivated after raw sewage spills across Georgia state line –WUFT 2024-07-23. The Santa Fe River tested clean at the spot it didn’t last week, Wanamake (Butler) Ramp, a tenth of a mile up […]
Update 2024-07-19: 2024-07-19: Twelve months of Ashburn sewage spills 2024-07-08. The Alapaha, Withlacoochee, and Santa Fe Rivers tested clean, except the Santa Fe at Wanamake (Butler) Ramp, a tenth of a mile up from the Suwannee River. No sewage spills were reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida, but in […]
