The Florida Springs Council is a Gainesville-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to protecting and restoring Florida’s springs and spring-fed rivers through education, policy advocacy, litigation, and grassroots organizing. The group coordinates a statewide network of local springs organizations, provides technical and legal support, and runs campaigns to address threats such as over-pumping, nutrient pollution, bottled spring water permits, and infrastructure that drowns springs.
State and local water resource protections including limits on groundwater extraction and bottling permits, enforcement and strengthening of Springs Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs), nutrient-pollution reduction and clean water laws, legal and administrative challenges to permits or projects that harm spring flow/quality, and restoration projects (e.g., Ocklawaha dam breach advocacy).
Primarily individual donations and monthly sustaining members, supplemented by grants, fundraising merchandise sales, and foundation or nonprofit grant support.
Statewide and local springs organizations (e.g., Florida Springs Institute, Ichetucknee Alliance, Silver Springs Alliance, Wakulla Springs Alliance, Friends of Wekiva), conservation partners such as Florida Wildlife Federation and Sierra Club Florida, and key individuals including Executive Director Ryan Smart and springs scientists/advocates like Dr. Bob Knight and members of FSC's advisory board.
Non-profit (501(c)(3))
