News
The Florida Springs Heartland Water Quiz is the Alliance's latest educational project. When you take the quiz online, you can win a treasure map that you can print out for fun! See: https://ichetuckneealliance.org/water-quiz The Alliance's outgoing communications coordinator worked…
The Global Commission on the Economics of Water has released a report that reinforces many of the messages that the Alliance has been sending for the past 10 years. Those messages have been based on science and the long-term trends…
By Joon Thomas and Lucinda Faulkner Merritt Do you love Florida’s freshwater springs but don’t know what you can do to save them? There are many different pathways that springs defenders can take. Here are a few; choose one, or…
Events
Please join us as The Gainesville Sun's Opinion & Engagement Editor Nathan Crabbe moderates a forum with three springs advocates who have recently written for the newspaper's "Messages from the Springs Heartland" monthly column series. The forum will be streamed…
A video of the 2022 Legislative Update with Ryan Smart is now available on the Alliance's YouTube channel. Smart, who is the executive director of the Florida Springs Council, presented the update to members of the Alliance and our sister…
2022 Legislative Update with Ryan Smart 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Online Meeting via Zoom Special Event for directors and members of the Ichetucknee Alliance and Our Santa Fe River In this special Zoom meeting, Florida Springs Council Executive…
Videos
https://youtu.be/n0NiGLMWaEA
Opinion
Commentary on a Report by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water by Robert E. Ulanowicz, Ph.D. March 21, 2023 Turning the Tide: A Collective Call to Action is an extremely important document. The public is constantly and justifiably…
A Few More Things You Didn’t Know About Florida Springs By Lucinda Faulkner Merritt The document you see above is intended to convince Floridians that everything is fine and dandy and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is actually protecting…
Keeping Faith with a River: Florida’s Santa Fe River and Springs: An Environmental and Cultural History by Robert L. Knight A book review by Lucinda Faulkner Merritt Browsing my copy of Bob Knight’s new book about the Santa Fe River…