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Springs Fever: A Field & Recreation Guide to 500 Florida Springs.

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Springs Fever: A Field & Recreation Guide to 500 Florida Springs. 3rd Edition by Joe Follman and Richard Buchanan

A Note About Citations and References
While the authors compiling this Guide relied primarily on their first-hand observations at Florida springs, they also made frequent use of the rich and expanding body of research, publications, other individuals--descriptions, archival material, Internet sites, and other sources.  Wherever other sources were used, there should be full and proper citation/acknowledgement of those sources.  Any citation errors or oversights are unintentional; the authors invite feedback and corrections.

The spring essays are by Joe Follman and taken from radio commentaries he recorded for WFSU-FM in Tallahassee, Florida from 1996-2000.

The following publications, flyers, brochures, and web sites are cited in the Guide:

• "About Safety Harbor Resort and Spa."  Taken from no-longer-existing web site at www.safetyharborspa.com.
• "Abstracts of Papers and Posters Presented at the Florida Springs Conference:  Natural Gems--Troubled Waters." (February 5-7, 2003, Gainesville, Florida).  Tallahassee:  Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
• "Abstracts of Talks Presented at the Florida Springs Conference: Natural Gems--Troubled Waters." (February 8-10, 2000, Gainesville, Florida). Tallahassee: Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
• "Allen Mill Pond," n.d. Flyer produced by the Suwannee River Water Management District, Live Oak, Fla. (800-342-1002).
• Barrios, K., & Chelette, A., July 2004.  Econfina Creek Spring Inventory, Washington and Bay Counties, FL.  Havana, FL:  Northwest Florida Water Management District (online publication available at http://www.state.fl.us/nwfwmd/pubs/wrsr04-02/index.html
• Bartram, W., 1928. Travels of William Bartram. Edited by Mark Van Doren. New York:  Dover Publications, Inc.
• Bergen, J., & Bergen, B., 1997. Carefree Canoeing in Florida. Houston:  Gulf Publishing Company.
• Bill, Ledyard, 1869.  A winter in Florida; or, Observations on the soil, climate, and products of our semi-tropical state; with sketches of the principal towns and cities in eastern Florida. . . . New York:  Wood & Holbrook.
• Blackwell, T., June 21, 2005.  "Revamped Park Offers Place of Tranquility."  In the St. Petersburg Times, p. 6.
• Bonn, M., & Bell, F. (2003).  Economic Impact of Selected Florida Springs on Surrounding Local Areas, 2003.  Tallahassee, FL:  Florida State University.
• Breslauer, K., 2000. Roadside Paradise:  The Golden Age of Florida's Tourist Attractions, 1929-1971. St. Petersburg, FL:  RetroFlorida, Inc.
• Brinton, D. G., 1859.  Notes on the Floridian peninsula, its literary history, Insian [sic] tribes and antiquities.  Philadelphia:  J. Sabin.
• Burt, A., (2003, April 27).  "Healing Waters:  Springs Represent a Disappearing Part of Florida."  Tallahassee: The Tallahassee Democrat, p. E1, 5.
• Call, J., & Stephenson, F. (Fall, 2003).  "Spring Time in Florida."  In Florida State University Research in Review.  Tallahassee, FL:  Florida State University, Vol. XIII, No. III.
• Carr, A., 1983. "All the Way Down upon the Suwannee River."  In Audubon, Vol. 85, No. 3. New York:  National Audubon Society.
• Carter, E. F., & Pearce, J. L., 1993 (Volume 1, 5^thPrinting). A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to the Streams of Florida. Birmingham, AL:  Menasha Ridge Press.
• Champion, K. M., & Starks, R., May 2001.  The Hydrology and Water Quality of Springs in West-Central Florida.  Brooksville, FL:  Southwest Florida Water Management District.
• "Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge" (May, 1990).  Brochure produced by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
• Cherry, R.N., Steward, J.W., & Mann, J.A., 1970. General Hydrology of the Middle Gulf Area. Tallahassee, FL:  Florida Geological Survey, Report Inv. 56.
• Clinton, C. A. (supposed author), 1852.  A Winter from Home.  New York:  J.F. Trow, Printer.
• The Complete Florida Springs Map & Guide, 1999. Hixson, TN:  Freshwater Publications.
• Cotterell, W. (2003, September 30).  "State Adds Safeguards for Springs."  Tallahassee, FL:  Tallahassee Democrat, pp. A1-2.
• "Crystal-clear Wacissa River Permanently Protected," in The Nature Conservancy, Florida Chapter News (Winter 2000). Altamonte Springs, FL:  The Nature Conservancy, p. 12.
• "Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge. Destinations:  Florida's Big Bend Wildlife Refuges."  N.p.:  GORP web site (http://gorp.com/gorp/resources/us_nwr/fl_cryst.htm).
• Danielson, R. (2001, April 16).  "Old Place, New Face."  In St. Petersburg Times online at http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/doc.
• DeLoach, N., 1997 (9^th Edition).  Diving Guide to Underwater Florida.  Jacksonville, FL:  New World Publications.
• "Eureka Springs" (n.d.).  Tampa, FL:  Hillsborough County Parks and Recreation Department (brochure).
• Fairbanks, G. R., 1871.  History of Florida from its discovery by Ponce de Leon, in 1512, to the close of the Florida war, in 1842 . . . Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott & Company.
• Farren, R., & Farren, C., 1994. Florida's Outdoors:  Big Bend/Tallahassee Region. Tallahassee, FL:  Woodland Productions.
• Ferguson, G.E., Lingham, C.W., Love, S.K., & Vernon, R.O., 1947.   Springs of Florida.  Tallahassee:  Florida Geological Survey, Bulletin #31.
• Florida Atlas & Gazetteer, 1997 (4^th Edition). Freeport, ME:  DeLorme.
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection, May 2002. Let's Protect Blue Spring. (Brochure.)
• Florida Department of Environmental Protection (n.d.). Put a Spring in Your Step:  Discover Freshwater Springs in Florida State Parks.  (Brochure.)  Tallahassee, FL.
• Florida Geology Forum (March 2003).  Tallahassee:  Florida Geological Survey, Vol. 17, No. 1 (source of serveral citations noted by individual contributors/authors in the web site).
• Florida State Parks, 1999. Tallahassee:  Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks.
• Florida State Parks. n.d. "Blue Spring State Park." Web site produced by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection--wysiwyg://27/http://www.absolutelyflorida.com/parks/BlueSpring/bluespring.htm
• Foote, S., 1974.  The Civil War:  A Narrative. Volume 3. Red River to Appomattox.  New York:  Vintage Books.
• "Fun Flows Freely at Kelly Park--Just Like the Water:  Spring Fling," (2002, May 29).  Orlando:  Orlando Sentinel, Visitor Guide, p. 1.
• Greene, Lisa. (2001, July 8).  "Springs Eternal."  St. Petersburg, FL:  St. Petersburg Times (no page).
• Hall, E. A., 1866.  Appleton's hand-book of American travel.  The southern tour; being a guide through Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgiand [sic] Kentucky . . . With maps of the leading routes of travel and of the principal cities.  New York:  D. Appleton & Company.
• Hallock, C., 1876.  Camp life in Florida; a handbook for sportsmen and settlers.  New York:  Forest and Stream Publishing Company.
• Hartnett, F. M., 2000.  Florida's Springs:  Strategies for Protection & Restoration.  Tallahassee:  Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
• Hauserman, J.  (2002, May 25).  "Mine to Grow Near Pristine River."  St. Petersburg, FL:  St. Petersburg Times (no page).
• "Homosassa Springs State Wildlife Park" (n.d.). Brochure produced by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks, Tallahassee.
• Hornsby, D., & Ceryak, R., 1998.  Springs of the Suwannee River Basin in Florida.  Live Oak, FL:  Suwannee River Water Management District. (Phone: 800-226-1066).
• Hornsby, D., & Ceryak, R., 2000.  Springs of the Aucilla, Coastal, and Waccasassa Basins in Florida.  Live Oak, FL:  Suwannee River Water Management District. (Phone: 800-226-1066.)
• Indian Rocks Area Historical Society, 1985.  Indian Rocks:  A Pictorial History.  Great Outdoors Publishing Company.
• Jenkins, J. L., 1969.  Dunellon--Boomtown of the 1890's.  The Story of Rainbow Springs and Dunellon.  St. Petersburg, FL:  Great Outdoors Publishing.
• Johnson, C., & Faircloth, D., 1996. District Lands . . . . Yours to Enjoy. Live Oak, FL:  Suwannee River Water Management District.
• Katz, B.G., Bohlke, J.K., & Hornsby, H.D., 2001.  "Timescales for Nitrate Contamination of Spring Waters."  In Florida Scientist, vol. 64, p. 52-3.
• Katz, B.G., Griffen, D.W., Swarz, P.W., Walsh, S.J., & Jeeks, H.L., 2003.  Florida Springs Interdisciplinary Science Study.  Tallahassee, FL:  United States Geological Survey.
• Katz, B.G., Hornsby, D., Bohlke, J.F., & Mokray, M.F, 1999.  Sources and Chronology of Nitrate Contamination in Spring Waters, Suwannee River Basin, Florida.  Tallahassee, FL:  United States Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4252.
• Kirkland, G. (February 9, 2004).  "Ghosts of Glen Springs." In Gainesville Magazine.com (http://gainesvillesun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030515/MAGAZINE15/305150024/-1/magazine50).
• "The Land No One Wanted" (Spring, 1995), in Ocala Forest Times. Ocala, FL:  Ocala National Forest Interpretive Association, p. 8.
• Lane, E., 2001.  The Spring Creek Submarine Springs Group, Wakulla County, Florida.  Tallahassee:  Florida Geological Survey.
• Lanman, C., 1856.  Adventures in the wilds of the United States and British American provinces.  Philadelphia, J. W. Moore.
• Laufenberg, K. (1998, Aug. 24). "A Trip--and Dip--Back in Time." Tallahassee, FL:  The Tallahassee Democrat, pp. 1C, 4C.
• Long, K.H. (2001, May 13). "Woodland Escape."  Tampa: The Tampa Tribune, pp.1-2, Travel.
• "Lower Suwannee River Boat Ramps & Canoe Launches" (n.d.). Pamphlet/map produced by the Suwannee River Water Management District:  Live Oak, FL. (Phone: 800-226-1066.)
• "Manatees Get Sanctuary in Florida" (Oct. 26, 1998).  N.p.:  Environmental News Network web site (www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9810/26/manatees)
• Marella, R. L., & York, D.W., 1998.  Water Use. In Fernald, E. A., & Purdam, E. D. (eds.) Water Resources Atlas of Florida.  Tallahassee, FL:  Florida State University, Institute of Science and Public Affairs.
• Matus, R.  (2002, May 25).  "A State Agency Maintains that Suwannee American Cement has not Obeyed the Terms of a 1999 Settlement."  Gainesville, FL:  Gainesville Sun (no page).
• McCauley, J. R., 1988. Let's Explore a River.  Washington:  The National Geographic Society.
• McMullen, B. (1998, March 8). "Cool Blue Haven."  In The Tampa Tribune, pp. Travel 1, 4.
• Meinzer, O. E., 1927. Large Springs in the United States. Water Supply Paper 557.  Washington:  U.S. Geological Survey.
• Moorman, J. J., 1873.  Mineral springs of North America; how to reach them, and how to use them.  Philadelphia:  J. B. Lippincott.
• Norman, G., 1999 (Summer). "Battle for the Black Lagoon."  New York:  Adventure.
• Protecting Florida's Springs:  Land Use Planning Strategies and Best Management Practices.  Tallahassee:  Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida Department of Community Affairs.  (Available online at www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/DCP/publications)
• QuickVerse: New Bible Reference Collection for Windows (1995).  Hiawatha, IA:  Parsons Technology, Inc. (CD-ROM).
• "Rainbow River:  An Aquatic Garden."  (n.d.)  Rainbow Springs Aquatic Preserve, Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
• "Rainbow Springs State Park" (n.d.). Brochure produced by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks, Tallahassee.
• Rauch, S. (2003, August 10).  "SpringTime:  Ginnie Springs:  'No Wind, No Waves, and Visibility Forever.'"  In Tallahassee Democrat, pp. D1-2.
• Ringle, K., 1999 (March). "Unlocking the Labyrinth of North Florida Springs."  In National Geographic, Vol. 195, No. 3.  Washington:  National Geographic Society, pp. 40-59.
• Ritchie, B. (2002, May 22).  "Wakulla Springs' Invasive Plants Killed."  In Tallahassee Democrat, pp. B1-2.
• Ritchie, B. (2002, June 17).  "Pollution Plagues Springs:  Study Indicates Wastewater Plants May be to Blame."  In Tallahassee Democrat, p. A1, 2.
• Rosenau, J. C., Faulkner, G. L., Hendry, Jr., C. W., & Hall, R. W., 1977. Springs of Florida. Bulletin 31 (Revised).  Tallahassee:  State of Florida, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Resource Management, Bureau of Geology.
• St. Johns River Water Management District (2002).  Springs of the St. Johns River Water Management District.  Draft.  Online publication available at http://sjrwmd.com/programs/plan_monitor/gw_assess/springs/
• St. Petersburg Times Editorial Board (Feb. 4, 2001). "Company should be Kept Away from Spring."  St. Petersburg, FL:  St. Petersburg Times Online Citrus County (http://web2.sptimes.com/New'¦ws_pf/Citrus/Company_should_be _kep.sht)
• Scalpone, J. L., 1994 (2^nd Printing). Florida's Bubbling Springs: A Mini-Day Trip Book. Sarasota, FL:  Serbin Printing.
• Scott, T.M., Means, G.H., Meegan. R.P., Means, R.C., Upchurch, S.B., Copeland, R.R., Jones, J., Roberts, T., & Willet, A., 2004. Springs of Florida.  Bulletin No. 66.  Tallahassee, FL:  State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Resource Assessment and Management, Florida Geological Survey.
• Scott, T.M., Means, G.H., Means, R.C.., & Morgan, R., 2002.  First Magnitude Springs of Florida.  Open File Report No. 85.  Tallahassee, FL:  State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Resource Assessment and Management, Published for the Florida Geological Survey.
• Schneider, M. (2001, April 26). "Florida Springs Focus of Dispute," in The Tallahassee Democrat, pp. 1-2A.
• Sinclair, William C., 1977.  Preliminary Evaluation of the Water-Supply Potential of the Weeki Wachee Area and the Llower Withlacoochee River, West-Central Florida.  Tallahassee:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Inv., 78-74.
• Spechler, R.M., Schiffer, D.M., 1995.  Springs of Florida.  Tallahassee, FL:  United States Geological Survey.
• Springs of the Suwannee, n.d.  Live Oak, FL:  Suwannee River Water Management District.
• Stamm, D., 1994. The Springs of Florida. Sarasota, FL:  Pineapple Press, Inc.
• "Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center . . . More of the Real Florida" (n.d.). (Brochure.)  Tallahassee:  Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Recreation and Parks.
• Strutin, M., 2000. Florida State Parks:  A Complete Recreation Guide. Seattle:  The Mountaineering Books.
• The Sunshine Connection (Vol. 2, June 1998).  U.S.D.A. Forest Service.
• Suwannee River Partnership (n.d.).  "Executive Summary."  Live Oak, FL:  Suwannee River Water Management District.
• Thompson, F. G., 2000.  A Biodiversity Inventory of the Freshwater Snail Fauna of Holmes Creek, Florida.  Gainesville, FL:  Florida Museum of Natural History.
• Thurston, G. L., 1976. Canoe Trail Atlas. Wacissa River. No publication information available.
• Tihansky, A. B., & Knochenmus, L. A., 2001.  Karst Features and Hydrogeology in West-Central Florida--A Field Perspective.  In Eve L. Kuniansky, editor, 2001, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, St. Petersburg, Florida, February 13-16, 2001: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4011.
• Tonyan, R., n.d.  "DeLeon Springs:  Florida History's Ground Zero."  In Halifax Magazine as found on Internet at info@halifaxmagazine.com.
• Tucker, Leon M. (2001, May 18).  "Safety Harbor May Tap Spring to Fill Fountain."  St. Petersburg, FL:  St. Petersburg Times (no page).
• "Upper Suwannee River Boat Ramps & Canoe Launches" (n.d.).  Pamphlet/map produced by the Suwannee River Water Management District: Live Oak, FL (Phone: 800-226-1066).
• "Venetian Pool.  Coral Gables, Florida,"  N.D.  Brochure.  Coral Gables, FL:  Venetian Pool.
• Walton, G. E., 1874.  The Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada, with Analyses and Notes on the Prominent Spas of Europe, and a List of Sea-side Resorts, by Geo. E. Walton.  New York:  D. Appleton and Company.
• Welaka State Forest (n.d.). Brochure produced by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
• Wetterhall, W. S., 1966. Reconnaissance of Springs and Sinks in West-Central Florida.  Tallahassee, FL:  U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Florida Geological Survey and the Southwest Florida Water Management District.
• Whitacre, D., July 9, 2000.  "Don't Feed the River Monkeys:  Screams and Splashes Greet Canoeists on Florida's Silver River."  In The Tallahassee Democrat, p. 5D.
• Wilson, W.L., & Skiles, W.C., 1989.  Partial Reclassification of First-Magnitude Springs in Florida.  Preprinted from The Proceedings of the 3rd Multidisciplinary Conference on Sinkholes and the Environmental Impacts of Karst, St. Petersburg, Florida, October 4-7, 1989.  Santa Fe, FL:  Karst Environmental Services, Inc.
• Yingling, J., 2002.  What You Need to Know About Fertilizing and Watering Your Lawn and Landscape to Protect Florida's Springs.  Brooksville, FL:  Southwest Florida Water Management District.
• Zimmer, J. (Aug. 9, 2000). "Negotiations are Stagnant on Purchase of Springs."  St. Petersburg, FL: St. Petersburg Times Online/Citrus County (http://web2.sptimes.com/New'¦ws_pf/Citrus/Negotiations_are_stag.sht)