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(29 Aug 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
O’Brien, Florida – 15 July 2025
1. Drone footage of Royal Springs and Suwanee River ++MUTE++

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fort White, Florida – 16 July 2025
2. Drone footage of Ichetucknee Springs ++MUTE++
3. Spring discharge showing on surface of water of Ichetucknee Springs

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Longwood, Florida – 17 July 2025
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Michelle Jamesson, SpringsWatch citizen science program coordinator for Wekiva Springs:
“Florida has more freshwater springs than anywhere else in the world. The wildlife and the ecology, like all of it, it's so… it's full of life.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
O’Brien, Florida – 15 July 2025
5. Man in snorkel mask diving into Royal Springs
6. Boy doing backflip off dive board into spring
7. Woman taking selfie in water
8. Wide visitors to spring

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fort White, Florida – 16 July 2025
9. Family sitting by water’s edge at Ichetucknee Springs

ASSOCIATED PRESS
High Springs, Florida – 15 July 2025
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ryan Smart, Executive Director of Florida Springs Council:
"Springs are so important, one, because whenever I go to a spring, it's where you see people recreate. I mean, this is our beaches when you're in the middle of the state. It's such a beautiful place. I love going to springs, and you often see young people, old people, families. But then this is also our drinking water supply, right? So every spring is coming out of the Floridan aquifer. The Floridan aquifer provides the drinking water. If you live (from) Orlando north, you are pulling water out of the Floridan aquifer.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
O’Brien, Florida – 15 July 2025
11. Drone footage of someone diving into Royal Springs ++MUTE++

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Fort White, Florida – 16 July 2025
12. Swimmers with snorkels at Ichetucknee Springs

ASSOCIATED PRESS
O’Brien, Florida – 15 July 2025
13. Woman taking picture of swimmers at Royal Springs

ASSOCIATED PRESS
White Springs, Florida – 15 July 2025
14. Drone footage of phosphate mine ++MUTE++
15. Drone footage of water discharge at phosphate mine ++MUTE++

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Trenton, Florida – 16 July 2025
16. Drone footage of cows at dairy farm ++MUTE++
17. Drone footage of cows feeding ++MUTE++

ASSOCIATED PRESS
High Springs, Florida – 15 July 2025
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Ryan Smart, Executive Director of Florida Springs Council:
“We just have too much pollution going into the ground and too much water coming out of the ground. And when you get that combination, you end up with springs that are no longer blue and vibrant and full of life. They're green, they're full of algae, and you just don't see the kind of ecosystems that had developed for hundreds and hundreds of years here."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
White Springs, Florida – 14 July 2025
19. Tilt of historical White Sulfur Springs that dried up, in part due to activity from a nearby phosphate mine
20. Close of algae covering area of former spring
21. Aerial drone footage of White Sulfur Springs structure and Suwanee River ++MUTE++

ASSOCIATED PRESS
High Springs, Florida – 15 July 2025
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Ryan Smart, Executive Director of Florida Springs Council:
“Anywhere where the state can screw up a spring, it's in bad shape. And now, even though we have the legislation that requires it, even though have politicians that like to talk a good game, the numbers are the numbers. And the numbers say that things are just getting worse and worse."

ASSOCIATED PRESS
White Springs, Florida – 15 July 2025

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Dunnellon, Florida – 16 July 2025


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