Lost Springs: An Artist's Journey into Florida's Abandoned Springs

As a Florida native, the Springs to me, are the crown jewels of our gorgeous state. They must be preserved and protected. Thank you for this video.

Thanks for this video. Florida has to be preserved. My family goes back several generations so having lived here my entire life Florida surviving means a lot.

Damn shame they built that dam. No pun intended.

I'm 60 something years old and I have lived here most of my life, I started going to the springs as soon as we could drive and I've seen what's happened to them over the last 50 years. This is our water were talking about, our drinking water. I hope the powers-that-be will listen

Great job explaining this area. I am in Daytona. Florida is a beautiful natural playground. I love it here and hope people protect it.

Wow, born and raised in Florida, my first experience at a spring was Alexander springs. It was around 1987, I was about 7 years old, my family for generations always took the kids to the springs. I remember looking through my mask and couldn’t believe the amount of wildlife, fish, turtles and the water clarity, it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Went back in 2017 to revisit.. Alexander is still the same today. Me and my wife are now Florida spring obsessed, kayaking every chance we get. I'm always documenting my travels because I know its possible I may never see them as good as they are now. Its a hard pill to swallow. I get depressed thinking about how beautiful these springs must have been before man decided to destroy these scared places. I can only imagine.

My Grandma and my father from Florida the use too tell us about these springs and the river my grandmother used to shed some tears when she use too tell about these spring and the river

Thank you I enjoyed this immensely. My dad was in world war two trained horses for the calvary in florida. Took them on missions of discovery in florida. The things he wrote about in his letters to my mother is unbelievable about florida. Thank you

You guys made a great video. It is a shame that there are only 25 comments. If people actually knew how destroyed this area is it would be a different story.

excellent work! I grew up in Conner on the river. My family has lived there a long time.

I love the freshwater Springs here in Florida

Thank you for the journey and the education. Also a Florida Native and I am In Love with All our state has to offer ! I found my self teary eyed more than once watching this informative video. Much appreciated...

Being from East Tenn and moving to Florida, I will never forget the first time I discovered Florida Springs, they draw me back year after year and I am so blessed to have several within 5-10 miles from me.

Thank you for making this. One of my favorite documentaries is Damnation, which has a very similar feel to what you’ve made and evokes a lot of the same emotions about how we squander so much of our natural resources. I always respond to naysayers who worry about the impacts of removing something just because it’s been there for so long with an allusion to righting an old wrong with someone from your past. It reopens an old wound and things may hurt for a time, but it starts a path to recovery. It’s never to late to make something right. The previous generation severely damaged this resource. I hope our generation has the sense of responsibility and selflessness to right their wrong and accept that it may not be what it once was during our lifetime, but it would ensure that the next generation would get to enjoy it for us after we’re gone.

Born and raised in South Florida during a time when we could and did swim in the Canals. This was a time when you could see the bottom and when we would go swimming, the Schools of Fish would simply swim with you, you could almost reach out and touch the Fish. Thank you for this amazing documentary.

I recently retired to Florida in 2010 coming from a Great Lake state & have been a life long fisherman & advocate for the environment. I have visited some of the larger springs in the state & was unaware of this particular system. The springs are a true treasure, I'm on board, let's fix it!

Always a pleasure to hear Dr Noll’s insight on the CFBC. Great stuff!

Grew up in Lakeland we had lakes and pit's but the springs are magical. Thanks

As a boy of 6 or 7 I fished on the river with my grandfather who was born in 1900 and grew up in the scrub. We would rent a wooden flat bottom skiff and fish. We often pulled the boat over logs to get into some of the springs. I could see the fish swim over and take my bait!

As always they are improving upon a perfect creation 😢