Some Florida springs are bustling with children splashing and music blaring through portable speakers while families picnic and play outdoor games. While Ichetucknee Springs State Park experiences big ...

If you are looking for a lazy day on an inner tube or some snorkeling in crystal-clear, aquifer-cooled springs, Florida offers a world-class cornucopia of opportunities: From the magnitude-one springs ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) celebrated the completion of a water improvement project for Ichetucknee Springs on Oct. 28 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The Ichetucknee ...

There might be more serene ways to pass a summer day in Florida than tubing along the Ichetucknee River. It’s hard to think of one, however, when the gentle current is nudging you along, your legs and ...

FORT WHITE - A series of incidents in which people suffered rashes and allergic reactions in the Ichetucknee springs and river has prompted a state investigation, bringing new attention to the nitrate ...

A not-quite-scientific observation: Teen-age girls cause no environmental damage when tubing on the Ichetucknee River. At the first brush of a foxtail plant or the tickle of eelgrass, they squeal and ...

Suwannee County commissioners are now joining an effort to protect one of North Central Florida’s most popular springs.

A river of spring water called Ichetucknee is revered for scenery and as a cool place to ride inner tubes. It also is a battleground over snails about the size of a freckle. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

Citizens have an opportunity to help prevent the lower Ichetucknee River from being ravaged by motorboats. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has a new tool: springs protection ...

Also known as the sand-grain snail for its resemblance to a grain of sand, the Ichetucknee siltsnail is a tiny freshwater snail native to Florida — just 2 or 3 millimeters wide with a translucent, ...