Here is How We Can Help Florida and Ourselves
This is from the workers helping to get our right to clean water on the Florida Constitution where polluters must back off. This is something we can all do and EVERYONE wins. Comments by OSFR […]
Fl’s Northern Turnpike Extension Threatens to Pave Over Historic Black Community
Well, it was only a matter of time before we had more news about Carlos Beruff, a man of power who thinks he can destroy Florida’s natural treasures at his whim. He was once on […]
‘No Big Sugar’ Campaign Hopes to Sour Politicians on Industry Political Donations
One of the richest and most powerful of the polluters is Big Sugar, which gives millions to just about everybody who may be in a position to help or harm them. Theirs is the […]
Florida’s Lack of Proper Growth Management Fuels Climate Change, Other Problems
Development is the number one threat to the environment, and as it goes, so go our rivers and springs. In Florida nothing is safe, not even promises of preservation forever. More reason we need the […]
The DEP Cannot Be Trusted to Take Charge of Wetlands Permitting
Indeed our DEP is a good friend of developers, phosphate miners and other businesses who put money way, way ahead of the environment. Even though they hide the fact they may be allowing residents to […]
Florida Deserves the Right to Clean Water | Commentary
This amendment should pass in a landslide. Only the abusers will oppose it and they will be the guys in the black hats. Read the complete article here in the Orlando Sentinel. Comments by […]
Will the Okefenokee Swamp Be Governor Kemp’s Conservation Win or Georgia’s Loss?
This is an excellent article giving a history of this ill-conceived plan. The following statement, however, begs more information: Even Chemours, an international mining entity, renounced any interest in purchasing the project from Twin Pines. […]
FGCU Water School Gets New Building, Set to Open in the Fall
New building, new hopes. Let’s hope the graduates fix our water. Read the original article with photos here at WINK News. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: […]
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