Ask Governor Scott to involve the public and private stakeholders to develop a plan to correct Florida’s water quality issues. While freshwater springs are not a major feature of southwest Florida, they do suffer many of the ills as our local waterways – over consumption of water supplies and excessive nutrient pollution.  Springs are also a valuable part of Florida’s economy, tourism and natural beauty and they deserve to be protected.  In the last 10 years, many of the famous freshwater springs and rivers in the central and northern parts of the state have seen a sharp drop-off in flows and a steady rise in algae, including Silver Springs and the Silver River. Please join our Florida Conservation Coalition partners to ask Governor Scott to harness the power of public and private stakeholders and create a plan to correct the issues facing these waterways.  All he needs to do is direct the Department of Economic Opportunity to assess establishing a Resource Planning and Management Committee. Here are two ways to make your voice heard: Use the online petition http://www.change.org/petitions/governor-rick-scott-speak-up-for-silver-springs The other is to print the petition, sign it and mail it in, or print it and take it to a few meetings to have others sign as well. This located at: http://floridaconservationcoalition.org Thank you for joining us and the Florida Conservation Coalition to stand together to restore and protect our freshwater resources all around our state – our economy and quality of life depend on it. Best, Andrew McElwaine President Conservancy of Southwest Florida