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The Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) is responsible for managing groundwater and surface water resources in a 15-county region in north-central Florida, United States. It is the smallest of five Florida water management districts. [1] Its district headquarters are in Live Oak, Florida .
Coordinates. 30°27′40″N 83°3′52″W. / 30.46111°N 83.06444°W / 30.46111; -83.06444. Area. 1,428 Acres. Governing body. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. This WEA was originally established to serve as a mitigation area for gopher tortoises displaced by development. Their burrows may be seen throughout the ...
Suwannee River. / 29.28833°N 83.16583°W / 29.28833; -83.16583. The Suwannee River (also spelled Suwanee River) is a river that runs through south Georgia southward into Florida in the Southern United States. It is a wild blackwater river, about 246 miles (396 km) long. [1] The Suwannee River is the site of the prehistoric Suwanee ...
The Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge ( LSNWR) is part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System. It is located in southeastern Dixie and northwestern Levy counties on the western coast of Florida, approximately fifty miles southwest of the city of Gainesville . The 53,000-acre (210 km 2) wildlife refuge was established in 1979 ...
Land acquired by the state and Southwest Florida Water Management District: Three Rivers State Park: Jackson: 686 acres (278 ha) 1955: Chattahoochee River; Flint River Lake Seminole: The 1947 Jim Woodruff Dam created Lake Seminole; the outflow is the Apalachicola River: Tomoka State Park: Volusia: 1,800 acres (729 ha) 1945: Tomoka River
Each water management district is administered by a Governing Board composed of residents appointed by the Governor and approved by the Florida Senate. All districts report directly to the governor. In 2013, the District lost a case before the U.S. Supreme court in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District. Area of Jurisdiction
Area of jurisdiction. The District encompasses approximately 10,000 square miles (30,000 km 2) in all or part of 16 counties in west-central Florida including Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lake, Levy, Manatee, Marion, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, and Sumter counties, serving a population of more than 5.5 million people.
29.836°N 82.700°W. / 29.836; -82.700. Ginnie Springs is a privately owned park in Gilchrist County about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northwest of High Springs, Florida, USA. It is located on the south side of the Santa Fe River, to which it is connected. The water is clear and cold and there are accessible caverns with a sand and limestone bottom. [1 ...