by Bob Palmer, Ichetucknee Alliance Advisory Board Member Think back to sixth grade. Remember those pesky math tests where your teacher wouldn’t give you any credit if the question was “what’s 144 divided by 6?” and you just wrote down “24”. You had to “show your work”. If you didn’t, your teacher would suspect, perhaps …
by Eric Flagg I was in my undergraduate program for Environmental Science at UF (1996-1998) when I first met Jim Stevenson. He was speaking to one of my classes and was at the time, I believe, director of the Florida Springs Task Force. He made a big impression on me as someone I’d like to …
My 40th-Birthday Relay Through the Ichetucknee Trace (Part 1) Read More »
The very knowledgeable writer, river guide, owner of Adventure Outpost in High Springs, and Ichetucknee Alliance supporter Lars Andersen wrote a lovely blog about the Ichetucknee for Riverguide’s Journal and he has graciously given the Alliance permission to share the blog, which you may read here.
January 12, 2016 It has been some time since the Ichetucknee Alliance requested a moratorium on large water use permits, so I am here today to re-state that call. Here is what we want to see before any more permits are issued: Development of a water balance or water budget that must compare “income” to …
by Robert E. Ulanowicz, Ph.D. Most are aware of Florida’s growing water crisis, but few seem eager to consider the elephant in the parlor. Water expert Thomas Swihart reports that agricultural irrigation accounts for more than 60 percent of all freshwater consumed in Florida ([i]), although the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services reported in 2011 …
The marvelous Gainesville poet, Lola Haskins, shared two poems about the Ichetucknee with the Alliance, along with an announcement about her new book, “how small, confronting morning,” just out from Jacar Press. Lola is reading from the book at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015, at the Alachua Headquarters Library in downtown Gainesville. Click here to …
Gainesville Poet Lola Haskins Writes About the Ichetucknee Read More »
The Ichetucknee Alliance is having a membership drive with reduced rates that make it easier than ever for you to support our activities! From now until June 30, 2016, the special discounted membership rates are $10 for a student or senior, $15 for an individual, and $20 for a family. Our goal is to …
Membership Drive with Discounted Rates Runs Through June 2016 Read More »
On October 15, 2015, Ichetucknee Alliance President John Jopling and Secretary/Staff Assistant Lucinda Faulkner Merritt attended a meeting of the Columbia County Commission to speak about the siting of a poultry factory in southern Columbia County very near the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe Rivers. While the factory does not lie within the Ichetucknee springshed, we made the decision …
Alliance Officers Speak About Columbia County Poultry Factory Read More »
Funded by a grant from the Wildlife Foundation of Florida, the Florida Springs Institute is coordinating a group of volunteers who are doing scientific baseline sampling to assess conditions of ecological health along the Lower Ichetucknee River (outside the state park) from July 20-31, 2015. Follow the activities of the monitoring team here in what …
Reports from the Field: The Ichetucknee Baseline Study Read More »
Ichetucknee Alliance Position Paper June 2015 The Ichetucknee Alliance is opposed to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in Florida because the State of Florida cannot afford to lose the water that this process requires. The Alliance bases this position on information that is available from the water supply plans prepared by the state’s water management districts as …
An Overdrawn Water Budget, Aquifer Decline, and the Possibility of Fracking in Florida Read More »
