Project Baseline: Florida Springs

02/03/2026

11/18/2024

Remember when...

Do you have photos of the Blue Springs basin? New or old?
If so, reach out so we can connect. I'd like to get more photos of this spring added to the database.

Really photos of any springs basin, especially if you have similar photos of the same spot as it changes through the seasons and years. Learn more at projectbaseline.org

01/31/2024

How is it getting worse. The nitrates and algae takeover at manatee springs is so depressing. The manatee have no food source here and appear to just be eating the algae which has no nutritional value. I hope you'll call your local representative and tell them about the state of our springs and ask what they will be doing.

01/31/2024

Will aim to get some updated springs photos this year to compare to old photos. Not a great start with Manatee looking worse than ever. Photo: Richie Denmark

01/10/2022

Look what lies under our feet!
Be grateful, protect our water, save our springs!

12/31/2021

Gainesville Sun: Alachua Conservation Trust buys two springs, adding to its growing list of property.

Sawdust Spring is in Columbia County on the Santa Fe River and Telford is in Suwannee County on the Suwannee River. Both were purchased by ACT.

12/20/2021

Projects in Alachua and Marion counties include wastewater treatment improvements and conservation easements to limit land use near springs.

12/09/2021

New video from Alachua County

10/27/2021

Silver Springs is classified as "impaired" due to nitrate pollution from septic tanks and farming, but that doesn't stop visitors to the famous park.