The Future of Little River and Telford

[kuster500]

Kelly, is there a benifit to the eroison control measures?

If so shouldn't we be glad they are buying this property and preserving it for the future?

Personally if closing the site for a year, to allow years of enjoyment, it doesn't sound that bad to me.

As for little river, looks like we better PT a little bit more for the long swim

[Kelly Jessop]

Kelly, is there a benifit to the eroison control measures?

If so shouldn't we be glad they are buying this property and preserving it for the future?

Personally if closing the site for a year, to allow years of enjoyment, it doesn't sound that bad to me.

As for little river, looks like we better PT a little bit more for the long swim

You know when Little River was completed there was out rage about how awful it looked. I still miss old LR with the nice shade tree. In retrospect with the big trench missing that dumped top soil into the spring when there was a deluge rain,then maybe stabilization of the bank is good. Telford has shown significant wear and tear down to the spring with foot,and vehicle traffic. I think erosion control measures at Telford would be great,I just wish there was a way there could be construction and retain access.

[kuster500]

agreed

[Line Squirrel]

Why would Little River become a state park?

Because the county can't afford to maintain it anymore, that is exactly how Lafayette Blue Springs became a state park. Lafayette was a county park for something like 20 years.

[BradfordNC]

the state parks originaly allowed solo diving.
but shortly after taking over a solo diver died in one of the state park cave systems and the knee jerk reaction was to ban solo diving.

it will suck to have another system fall under this rule.
i actualy prefer to dive both LR and Telford solo, kind of a zen thing for me.

fixing up Telford and cleaning it up aren't bad things, i'm sick of showing up for a dive and finding the sinks full of watermelon rinds and beer bottles, and small trees chopped down for no reason.

but will agree with Kelly, will hate to see the system closed for a year.

hmmmmm, maybe while they work on erosion control at the spring, they can still allow acess at the sink????

too bad Telford and Terrapin Sinks will be permanently closed. i preffered to enter the system via Terrapin and get that 500 ft headstart.

[Bakrt]

I thought that the NACD or the NSSCDS wanted to buy some caves. Maybe they don't have the money to buy Telford. Or the SRWMD bought it out underthem. I have heard that the SRWMD has a bad repor on protecting things.

[Bill Lester]

The Little River Conservation Area in Gadsden County is what is on the list.


The Little River Cave System is NOT in Gadsden County.


Gadsden County is located near Tallahassee.


Relax......Little River is safe for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Walter Pickel]

Relax......Little River is safe for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Little River under discussion here is not in Gladsen County it is Suwannee County -- the Little River County Park. I was told this by other state park personnel.

[Line Squirrel]

The Little River Conservation Area in Gadsden County is what is on the list.


The Little River Cave System is NOT in Gadsden County.


Gadsden County is located near Tallahassee.


Relax......Little River is safe for now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You don't know who I work for, strike that, WORKED for up until yesterday . LR in Suwannee County north of Branford IS going to be a state park, I've seen the internal memos

[Cave Ranger]

Kiss it all goodbye.
Pretty soon there will be no place left to just go and cave dive without all the government interference and hassles.
Little River has always been a true gem where you could always just do whatever kind of dive you wanted to and nobody asked any questions or told you that you can't do this or use that. I guess that once the State takes it over we'll all have to undergo a full body cavity search and a retina scan just to dive there or maybe they will just close it down all together.
I suspect "Sneak Diving" is about to become more popular. Maybe it's time to publish a how to book.
I sure wish I lived back in the day before all this got so complicated. DANG IT ALL!!!!!