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 (FDEP) for the agendas for these meetings.

Lower and Middle Suwannee River Basin BMAP Meeting
April 10, 2025
10 a.m. EDT
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8387583116283965525

Santa Fe River Basin BMAP Meeting
April 10, 2025
2 p.m EDT
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2633110891434594903

Silver Springs and Rainbow Springs BMAP Meeting
April 11, 2025
10 a.m. EDT
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6935859431224387930

From the Summary of the Lower and Middle Suwannee River BMAP, page 9:

LOWER AND MIDDLE SUWANNEE RIVER AND THE WITHLACOOCHEE BASIN

The basin management action plan (BMAP) for the Lower and Middle Suwannee River Basin encompasses an area of more than a million acres (1,225,999 acres) and includes eastern Dixie, eastern Madison, western Hamilton, northeast and eastern Lafayette, western Levy, and western Gilchrist Counties and the majority of Suwannee County. The Florida portion of the Withlacoochee Basin and associated springs is also included in the BMAP area, based on high nitrogen levels that flow into the Suwannee Basin at the convergence of the Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers near Falmouth. The BMAP area contains 62 first- and second-magnitude springs, including 7 Outstanding Florida Springs (OFS). Additionally, there are 113 lesser magnitude springs in the BMAP area.

Urban areas in the basin include Live Oak and Branford in Suwannee County, Lee and Madison in Madison County, Jasper and Jennings in Hamilton County, Mayo in Lafayette County, Bell and Trenton in Gilchrist County, and Fanning Springs and Chiefland in Levy County. Specifically, portions of the Lower and Middle Suwannee River, as well as Manatee Springs, Fanning Springs, Branford Spring, Ruth Spring, Troy Spring, Royal Spring, and Falmouth Spring, have been determined to be impaired for nitrate. Water quality data indicate that the Withlacoochee River has elevated nitrogen concentrations and some Withlacoochee springs have elevated nitrate levels.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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