Down the tubes: DEP plan calls for no more tubing on Upper Ichetucknee

  • The Scott family floats down the Ichetucknee River in this file photo from the 2016 summer tubing season. Tubing may no longer be allowed on the Upper Ichetucknee according to a plan proposed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. (FILE)
    The Scott family floats down the Ichetucknee River in this file photo from the 2016 summer tubing season. Tubing may no longer be allowed on the Upper Ichetucknee according to a plan proposed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. (FILE)

    FORT WHITE — Lazy summer days of tubing down the entire Ichetucknee River may be floating away.

    During a virtual public hearing Tuesday morning, Florida Department of Environmental Protection offi…