So at some point in the past the land around Telford was purchased by some group and it was hinted that divers would eventually be able to park near the spring to dive... what ever happened to that?
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So at some point in the past the land around Telford was purchased by some group and it was hinted that divers would eventually be able to park near the spring to dive... what ever happened to that?
Why yes that was me inshorts and a t-shirt
oops, a drysuit @ the 700' marker
The land was bought by the water management district. I have heard a little but about their plans but nothings official.Originally Posted by twaldo
Just know you can?t traverse the property still at this point.
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It was purchased by the Alachua Conservation Trust
https://www.alachuaconservationtrust...ings-conserved.
They intend to open it to multiple convervation and recreational uses...including cave diving.
Last edited by SR; 11-02-2022 at 08:11 AM.
Telford was one of my favorite caves. It would be nice to be on the property again but without all the trash.
Trace Malinowski
"Through all of my seasons and all of the reasons, I've stayed on this circuit for me." - Chris Ledoux
I heard rumor (direct post acutally) of someone diving it recently who did not access it by boat or scooter. I wont name names... but how many other ways were possible? Made me think it might now be open or they accessed by un mentionable ways.
Why yes that was me in
Twaldo, look at your PMs
Last edited by rddvet; 11-02-2022 at 11:37 AM. Reason: Changed what I wanted to say
can I just look at them and not read them? (just joking, the system lets me know when I have PM's)
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It wasn’t purchased by the Alachua Conservation Trust. It was purchased by the Suwannee River Water Management District, and is managed by the Alachua County Trust. A subtle distinction, but an important one. To the best of my knowledge, SRWMD doesn’t allow diving at any of their properties. Maybe the fact that Telford is being managed by a different entity means things will be different. Maybe not. Right now, you still need to scooter it.
Planning on renting one JUST to get to Telford, the cost then becomes the same as doing a dive at Ginnie (splitting the scooter rental between 3 divers)
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I've swam it with no problem from the boat ramp.
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