Wall Springs Park

October 21st 2016

Wall Springs Park is one of more than 700 springs that can be found in Florida. Wall Springs is an offshore spring, just offshore of the Gulf of Mexico. When we visited the spring the climate was warm, but dry and breezy. The great thing about a spring is that the water comes out with zero salinity and its pH levels are neutral so this natural aquifer can provide drinking water for human life. The spring can produce 4.2 million gallons of water in just a day. The spring water at wall Springs Park meets with the gulf of mexico, forming an estuary at the park. In the estuary, you can find mangroves (I notice there were a lot of red mangroves in particular) and a detrital food web (Horseshoe crabs, blue grabs). In the spring area of the park I noticed animals that were grazing (Heron, and some larger fish).