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1891- The Alachua Sink unplugs, drying up the lake and prohibiting further steamboat travel. 1920s and 30s - The Camp family buys property on Paynes Prairie and creates a ranch for thousands of ...
Read full article: JEA ‘ready to respond’ to potential outages as Duval County residents brace for winter storm ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – A large sink hole near 11958 SW 5 Ave. has forced ...
Visitors will find views of the prairie and marsh, like Alachua Lake and Alachua Sink. Dozens of alligators are often present, along with many birds and the occasional herd of wild horses or bison.
The Mill Creek Sink Water Quality Improvement Project is an educational and conservation effort by the City of Alachua and Suwannee River Water Management District to filter highway runoff before ...
It also happened in the modern day. In 2018, after heavy rains, Alachua Sink, which sends water from Paynes Prairie into the Floridan aquifer, took in less water than normal because rain raised ...
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. - A sinkhole that's 35 feet wide and 15 feet deep has opened up – and continues to expand – in Alachua County, according to officials. The county said the sinkhole is ...
The problems that Alachua County’s bodies of water are facing are not unique, but they are important. The water eventually sinks back down into the Floridan aquifer, the underwater store that ...
Goat rescued from High Springs sinkhole on Monday afternoon. (High Springs Fire Department) Firefighters from High Springs and Alachua County rescued a baby goat that got trapped Monday afternoon ...
One of the most effective environmental justice groups you never heard of operates not from New York City or Washington, but from a tiny town in northern Florida at the edge of the Alachua Sink ...
According to the proclamation, the county's name, “Alachua,” means “big jug” in Timucuan, which is a reference to the region's sinkhole geography. Today, Alachua County spans 876 square ...