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/ The Fellowship of the Springs take viewers into the wonder and beauty of Florida s unique but troubled springs. Florida has the largest and highest concentration of fresh water springs on earth, and the fight to save them is raging. Many of Florida’s springs are at risk, largely from a combination of reduced water flow and increased pollution. Thomas Greenhalgh risked his job and career in 2019 when he sued his own employer, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, to challenge the state’s plans to protect Florida’s imperiled springs from increasing pollution. Greenhalgh, a veteran hydrogeologist and expert on the underground flows that feed North Florida’s springs, argued that the sandy soils and porous rock of the region made them especially vulnerable a position supported by other springs advocates and independent scientists in a long-running lawsuit seeking tougher state restrictions on how surrounding farms and other industries use fer ....
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The crowd enjoys Devil’s Eye Spring at Ginnie Springs Outdoors in 2017. Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson painted as a Lincoln Road artist at the South Florida Arts Center in the early 1990s, living the “wild” life as a single creative on South Beach. But that lifestyle did not last long for her. She eventually settled down and moved to High Springs in North Florida, the heart of springs country, to raise her family and start a business. In the process, she has become one of the most fierce, outspoken advocates for Florida’s unique freshwater springs. With more than 1,000 artesian springs, located roughly between Orlando and Pensacola, Florida is home to the world’s largest and highest concentration of springs. ....
Applause: A list of good news for Ocala/Marion County for Jan. 10, 2021 Ocala Star-Banner Area students excel in higher education President’s List Other Accolades The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation s oldest collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, recently initiated the following student: Karen Pulkka of Ocala at the University of Florida Marion County student named Arts4All Florida Student of the Month Maurice Greene, 10, a student at Reddick-Collier Elementary School, was recently named Arts4All Florida December 2020 Student of the Month, one of two students from throughout the state, according to a press release from Wendy Finklea, Arts4All Florida director of programs at the University of South Florida. ....