Florida's Springs Need Your Help!
Florida's springs—once clear blue and thriving—are fading. Competition with human consumption has reduced many of their flows, and nutrient pollution has overstimulated the growth of algae in others, coating them in a green slime. With more than 700 springs, Florida is thought to be the densest concentration in the world of these brilliant windows to the aquifer, a source of tremendous ecological wealth, as well as a significant economic driver for...
via the Audubon Conservation Network Portal
Start a Petition and ask Florida Legislators for a Springs Protection Act
Print and collect signatures, when full return to:
Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson
460 SW Riverland Ct
FT White, FL 32638
Here’s the springs bill to follow now: Senate Bill 550. A committee substitute (CS) amendment to SB 550 was heard yesterday at the Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation committee that included the “water bill” language heard the week before. It was passed on a 5 – 0 vote. You can find the actual bill/committee substitute, the committee analysis, and more here | 
Florida's Springs Need your Help
