FL H9053

Recognizes the Woodville Karst Plain Project for its scientific research and efforts to protect Florida's natural water resources

Acknowledges the project's official status since 1990 by the National Speleological Society to explore and map the Wakulla-Leon Sinks Cave Systems in North Florida

Notes the cave system ranks as the longest underwater cave system in the United States, fourth longest in the world, and comprises nearly 75 volunteers with over 20 years of service

Credits the project with developing diving methods that influenced scientific and military protocols, holding multiple world records in underwater cave diving, and discovering the connection between Leon and Wakulla Sinks in 2007

Directs that a copy of the resolution be presented to Casey McKinlay, Woodville Karst Plain Project Director