Florida Springs Council v. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, St. Johns Water Management District

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2025-1369 _____________________________ FLORIDA SPRINGS COUNCIL, Appellant, v. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, and ST. JOHNS WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT and SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, Appellees. _____________________________ On appeal from the Division of Administrative Hearings. E. Gary Early, Administrative Law Judge. April 15, 2026 PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. ROBERTS, RAY, and TREADWELL, JJ., concur.  _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ Douglas Harold MacLaughlin, West Palm Beach; Matthew Patrick Farmer of Farmer & Fitzgerald, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant. Elizabeth Marie Fernandez and Andrew Beau-James Thornquest, Southwest Water Management District, Tampa; Thomas Ira Mayton, Deputy General Counsel, and Ricky L. Johnson, Jr., Senior Assistant General Counsel, St. Johns River Water Management District, Palatka; Justin George Wolfe, Josiah Dean Leonard, Jeffrey Brown, and Jay Patrick Reynolds, Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, for Appellees. 2