The Water Is Not There.
It is a question of not “if” but “when” this will happen in Florida. Our water controllers probably have not heard about this, but even if they have I assure you they have no concern […]
Deadly Pathogens Can Hitch a Ride on Ocean Microplastics, Raising Alarm Bells
We hate saying that it just gets worse, but it does. The more we learn, the more negative plastic becomes. Entirely preventable but that doesn’t matter, we may yet drive ourselves extinct. There is no […]
Low Grade for Algae Efforts
This old news but worth repeating over and over. Repeated enough times, maybe Florida’s citizens will get the message and kick out of office our guilty lawmakers, starting with the governor on down, and vote […]
Petition Drive Seeks to Give Florida Residents a Fundamental Right to Clean Water
Florida legislators for the most part do not follow the wants of their constituents; thinking of themselves, they follow money, whether it’s the governor or the lobbyists, which usually is the same thing. Craig Pittman […]
Do Floridians Have a Right to Clean Water? Advocates Working to Change the State Constitution
This may be our best hope in turning around the state-sponsored killing of our rivers, springs, aquifer and wetlands. The normal protections are not working in Florida. As Carl Deigart says below: “Only those who […]
Act Working to Save Springs by Protecting Land Along Santa Fe, Suwannee Rivers
To our knowledge, no other organization has done more to preserve land along the Santa Fe River than the Alachua Conservation Trust, headed by Tom Kay. Developers are fast moving in along the Santa Fe […]
Why I Donated Land to the Alachua Conservation Trust to Help the Santa Fe River
Your historian is proud to have been a close neighbor of Martha Strawn for 17 years. Her husband, Bill Latham, is a former board member of OSFR. Both love and care for the Santa Fe, […]
Citizens’ “Right to Clean and Healthy Waters” Initiative Launches for Earth Day
The nation’s Clean Water Act became law fifty years ago in response to growing concern about the health of America’s waters. Yet, despite a massive amount of environmental laws and regulations and funds, over half […]
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