We disagree with Mr. King’s statement below. Evidence suggests that the MFLs exist to permit his office to allow harmful impacts. If you don’t believe us, just compare river and spring flows now and earlier. Their MFLs protect nothing and flows go down and pollution goes up.
Florida water authorities also cheat by ignoring data when is does not suit them and using contrived models instead of real, extant data which they have before them.
“Minimum flows and levels are set to limit harmful impacts to our natural systems” said Sean King, chief of the Office of MFLs.
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SRWMD, UF partner on snook migration study
Lake City Reporter
September 24, 2022
Staff report LIVE OAK — The Suwannee River Water Management District and the University of Florida have extended a partnership that will assist in providing new data that will help protect the region’s water supply.
The project will study migrating snook and help identify thermal refuge habitats utilized by the fish along the Suwannee River. Not usually common to this region, snook have continued to migrate upstream along the river in recent years, finding warm refuge in various springs, including both Fanning and Manatee, during colder winter months.
This study would expand those efforts, identifying new habitats that may be used by snook, and support the District’s Office of Minimum Flows and Minimum Water Levels (MFLs) as it develops new metrics and modeling approaches to protect the region’s water resources….
“Minimum flows and levels are set to limit harmful impacts to our natural systems” said Sean King, chief of the Office of MFLs. “Initial results show that snook depend on sufficient spring flow to survive.
