It would be laughable if it wasn’t so insulting. But don’t take our word for it. It is crazy totally crazy, Robert Knight, executive director of the Florida Springs Institute, told Politico, which first reported the story.
“It’s a ridiculous proposal from an environmental perspective and from a cost perspective,” Ryan Smart, executive director of the Florida Springs Council, told The Sun.
Even members of the water district’s governing board questioned the idea. You just start to wonder when you start to mess around with Mother Nature like this what the unintended consequences are, board member Virginia Sanchez said.
Cracking the case of who smothered a Florida river
The Little Wekiva River. Image via mapio.com.
I grew up in a family of mystery fans.
My grandfather owned all the Perry Mason novels and never missed the TV show. My great-aunt was head over heels for
John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee. My mom read everything
Agatha Christie wrote about Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. I started out with Encyclopedia Brown, then graduated to Sherlock Holmes, Sam Spade, and Phillip Marlowe (and yes,
Call it “The Case of the Vanishing River.”
The victim here is Central Florida’s Little Wekiva River. It’s not as famous as the Suwannee, but it’s pretty special. The Little Wekiva is part of a Florida and National Scenic and Wild River, an Outstanding Florida Water, and a state-designated paddling trail. It runs for about 15 miles, flowing northward from Lake Lawne.