The Florida Springs Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy organization that protects and restores Florida’s spring-fed waterways through science-based policy advocacy, public education, legal action, and grassroots organizing.
Protecting spring water quantity and flow, limits on groundwater pumping and water-use permitting, reducing nutrient pollution through Springs BMAPs and regulatory reform, funding for springs restoration, oversight of bottled spring-water permits and extraction, land-use and local government protections that reduce development impacts, dam and river restoration projects, and enforcement of environmental laws and agency rules.
Primarily individual donations and sustaining monthly members, supplemented by foundation grants, event and merchandise revenue, and targeted legal-fund contributions.
Works with statewide and local conservation partners including Florida Wildlife Federation, Florida Springs Institute, Friends of Wekiva, Sierra Club Florida Chapter, Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida, and allied legal and academic experts; led publicly by Executive Director Ryan Smart.
Non-profit environmental advocacy organization (501(c)(3))
