2025 Legislative Session

On Wednesday, March 26, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government will discuss the 2025-2026 Department of Environmental Protection Budget. Ask the Committee to allocate $150 million to springs restoration this year to restore Florida’s springs and protect these important cultural and economic resources.

Springs restoration has been continuously underfunded compared to other environmental priorities in Florida, typically receiving only $50 million per year, the minimum allowable under Florida Statutes.

Meanwhile, water quality and flow in Florida’s springs continue to decline. The $50 million currently proposed by FDEP in their legislative budget request is insufficient to make progress, or even maintain the status quo, in protecting Florida’s springs and rivers. Increasing funding in the state budget for springs restoration projects is critical to reducing nitrogen pollution and increasing spring flow in Outstanding Florida Springs. At FDEP’s public workshops held this summer to update the Springs Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs), FDEP staff identified a lack of funding from the legislature as a major cause for their failure to achieve water quality goals. Yet, FDEP and Governor DeSantis have repeatedly requested only $50 million annually from the Legislature.

The Legislature should significantly increase funding available for springs restoration projects and provide robust funding for fee-simple land acquisition projects within priority springsheds in the 2025 budget.

The state budget is the one bill that the Florida Legislature is required to pass each year. It is the clearest statement of the Legislature’s priorities and values. Our springs are in dire need of more than the bare minimum, and our state leaders acknowledging the value of Florida’s springs is long overdue.

Join the over 70 conservation organizations that are calling on legislators to include a minimum of $150 million for springs restoration in Florida’s budget. Tell senators on the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government why supporting springs restoration is important to you.

Be sure to add your own subject line and personalize the email to make the greatest impact!

On Wednesday, March 26, the Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government will discuss the 2025-2026 Department of Environmental Protection Budget. Ask the Committee to allocate $150 million to springs restoration this year to restore Florida’s springs and protect these important cultural and economic resources.

Springs restoration has been continuously underfunded compared to other environmental priorities in Florida, typically receiving only $50 million per year, the minimum allowable under Florida Statutes.

Meanwhile, water quality and flow in Florida’s springs continue to decline. The $50 million currently proposed by FDEP in their legislative budget request is insufficient to make progress, or even maintain the status quo, in protecting Florida’s springs and rivers. Increasing funding in the state budget for springs restoration projects is critical to reducing nitrogen pollution and increasing spring flow in Outstanding Florida Springs. At FDEP’s public workshops held this summer to update the Springs Basin Management Action Plans (BMAPs), FDEP staff identified a lack of funding from the legislature as a major cause for their failure to achieve water quality goals. Yet, FDEP and Governor DeSantis have repeatedly requested only $50 million annually from the Legislature.

The Legislature should significantly increase funding available for springs restoration projects and provide robust funding for fee-simple land acquisition projects within priority springsheds in the 2025 budget.

The state budget is the one bill that the Florida Legislature is required to pass each year. It is the clearest statement of the Legislature’s priorities and values. Our springs are in dire need of more than the bare minimum, and our state leaders acknowledging the value of Florida’s springs is long overdue.

Join the over 70 conservation organizations that are calling on legislators to include a minimum of $150 million for springs restoration in Florida’s budget. Tell senators on the Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government why supporting springs restoration is important to you.

Be sure to add your own subject line and personalize the email to make the greatest impact!

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Dear senator,

I ask that you appropriate a minimum of $150 million for springs restoration in the 2025-2026 budget to restore Florida’s springs and protect these important cultural and economic resources.

Florida’s springs are the flow that feeds our rivers like the St. Johns, Wekiva, and Suwannee, and a window into the Floridan Aquifer, the source of two-thirds of Floridians’ drinking water. Unfortunately, springs flow and water quality in our springs continue to decline as springs restoration funding cannot keep up with the needs of these vital ecosystems. Improving water quality in Florida’s iconic springs is critical for local economies and communities, many in rural areas, because of the tourism and recreational opportunities springs offer.

To improve water quality and make progress in protecting Florida’s springs and groundwater resources, the Legislature should increase funding for springs restoration projects. Springs restoration has been continuously underfunded compared to other environmental priorities in Florida, typically receiving only $50 million per year, the minimum allowable under Florida Statutes.

Please follow the recommendations of the conservation community and ensure $150 million for springs restoration is included in the Florida budget.

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