There will be spots to break with springs to see and early takeout at Rum Island Park (or Poe, Gilchrist, Ginnie). Rum and FL 47 Ramp cost money.
The lunch stop includes an optional yoga session instructed by Annie Isabella.
Please pack a responsible lunch eco friendly.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 10 AM, end 6 PM, Sunday, May 10, 2026
Put In: U.S. 27 Ramp
GPS: 29.844121, -82.6309
Continue readingUpdate 2024-02-17: Many more Pictures: Waterkeepers Florida, Santa River and springs 2024-02-08.
The fifteen Waterkeepers of Florida gathered on the Santa Fe River Thursday to see springs, parks, and submerged aquatic vegetation.
Well, eleven of them. And we also saw a wood stork, an anhinga, a hawk, buzzards, and many turtles.
![[Banners, Springs, Santa Fe River, Waterkeepers Florida 2024-02-08]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-02-08--wkfl-santa-fe-merrillee/igmany.jpg)
Banners, Springs, Santa Fe River, Waterkeepers Florida 2024-02-08
No manatees, though, despite the best efforts of expert guide Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson of the outfitter Rum138 and Our Santa Fe River (OSFR).
We were going to put in at Rum Island, but that county park was closed, it turns out to install the ostentatious swimming barrier you see pictured. So we put in at Merrillee’s house; thanks Merrillee.
We paddled into Gilchrist Blue Spring, Ginnie Springs, and many others.
Many more pictures later; these are some Merrillee sent.
As you can tell by the banner picture I took, WWALS and Suwannee Riverkeeper organized this outing.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
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![[Santa Fe River Paddle, U.S. 27 Ramp to Hollingsworth, by Poe, Gilchrist, and Ginnie Springs, Sunday, May 10, 2026]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2026-05-10--santa-fe-river-paddle/fbmany.jpg)