Wakulla River FL

If there is one thing we can all agree upon, it is that our water is the most important resource we have. Please help us keep the Wakulla River beautiful and fill out a brief email to our county using the attached form. Thank you all!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lnpYSrxV6pcJkRJbOW9c-xBAH2o53bs1/mobilebasic

Here's what's happening:

In recent years, the state has made an impressive multimillion-dollar commitment to clean up our rivers, fisheries, and Wakulla Springs. Most of the money has been spent removing high-polluting septic tanks in key areas of Wakulla County where the groundwater is considered "most vulnerable to pollution.
Now, our county commissioners want to undo this progress by adding pollution that will cost us $2.6 million to fix. Most commissioners are supporting a plan to place 88 conventional septic tanks in the bullseye of Wakulla's “most vulnerable" groundwater zone. This will erase $2.6 million worth of cleanup efforts (cost details below). Even worse, taxpayers will eventually have to spend millions more to restore the water to its current condition. The proposed subdivision should be connected to sewer, not septic tanks. We can make this happen.

Development location:

Northwest of the intersection at 98 and Spring Creek Highway, bordering land that was recently found unsuitable for the County's wastewater dumping site

Cost calculation:

The average cost per connection in the ongoing septic-to-sewer project at Wakulla Gardens is about $29,332.48, according to Wakulla County's engineering firm. We used this number for the expected cost to remove each of the 88 septic tanks at the proposed subdivision. That comes to $2,581,258.24, rounded to $2.6 million.

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A beautiful summer to visit Wakulla! The state park is open for swimming 9am-7:30pm every day and the river never closes 😉

This is what it’s all about: protecting our natural areas and pristine waters. Wakulla and the surrounding areas are home to some of the worlds most diverse wetlands in our region.

Thank you all who care for our wetlands, environment and our future!!! Weekly Total Reach 10,687!
Photo c) John B. Spohrer, Jr.

https://www.facebook.com/SaveWakullaWetlands

Happy New Year people of the river!

Early morning, from my dock.

Clean water is an essential part of life, but many people at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation my be about to lose their access to it. The people standing up for this land at the Dakota Access Pipeline construction site are in physical danger for their peaceful protest. You can take action and help from home. Human rights cannot continue to be broken like this.

Protect Human Rights at Standing Rock Demand that Sheriff Kirchmeier and all other law enforcement in North Dakota respect the human rights of people opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. Demilitarize, deescalate and do not use excessive force. Indigenous rights are human rights.

School is in and Wakulla Springs is still open.
Peaceful and empty for you to enjoy.

If you couldn't make for a paddle of this river this weekend, try for next. The river was peaceful and quiet today.

Looking for new page and cover photos!
Any photos from the river and springs will be considered along with local nature and wildlife photos.
Post your pictures to the wall and yours might be chosen!

Not local, but still very important

Help save the endangered Belizean Yellow-headed Parrot by funding construction of nest boxes in southern Belize!

We are seeking generous donors to help fund an exciting new conservation project initiated in 2012 in southern Belize to increase nesting opportunities for the critically endangered Yellow-headed Parrot.

You are invited to check out our blog or page and make a donation of any amount that you wish. Every $250 worth of donations will result in the installation of one nest box in a remote protected area of Belize high out of the reach of nest poachers, during our January 2014 expedition.

No matter if you are able to donate this year or not, feel free to pass along these sites to other friends that you think might be interested.

We had amazing initial success from the first cavities installed in Payne’s Creek National Park during the 2012 and 2013 nesting seasons and you can see some great photos from there at our blog or on our page.

www.facebook.com/belize.parrots

belizeparrotnestbox.blogspot.com

www.tidebelize.org/page/paynes-creek-national-park

Belize Parrots Please help support a great cause – saving the highly endangered Belizean Yellow-headed Parrot.