Donation of Land Adds Protection to Santa Fe River
During these times when water bottling factories and phosphate mines threaten our river, and when our own DEP is allowing the slow death our our springs and rivers, it is refreshing to see steps […]
Two appointed to SRWMD board
This article appeared in the May 15, 2021 issue of the Lake City Reporter. Two appointed to SRWMD board Staff report LIVE OAK – The two vacant seats on the Suwannee River Water Management District’s […]
Why traveling to a ‘blue space’ is the stress reliever you need right now
The aesthetic beauty of North Florida’s waterways is one of the main economic drivers of the area. State officials (Scott, DeSantis, our DEP and their ilk) who worry so much about industry and the […]
Re-inventing Minimum Flows and Levels–
We recently posted about the Black Creek water transfer project (“Utilities challenge strategy to raise Keystone Heights lake levels; costs questioned.”) where we stated that the utilities were protesting for the wrong reasons. The […]
Public opposes Nestle the same in Colorado and Florida
The Chaffee County commissioners in Colorado are facing the same Nestle problem as we see in Florida. They are currently reviewing an on-going permit for Nestle to pull water from the ground. Nestle is asking […]
Vultures circle a tropical paradise in Florida as Brevard County’s graveyard of manatees grows–
The sewage, detritus and fertilizers we have been dumping into our coastal waters for decades have created blooms of bad plant life while choking to death the seagrass on which the manatees and other marine life […]
Utilities challenge strategy to raise Keystone Heights lake levels; costs questioned–
Here we see agencies’ complaints and challenges to this ill-conceived plan for all the wrong reasons. This project, on the outer fringes of the Santa Fe basin, has been on-going for years. OSFR believes that […]
OSFR had a very successful Pioneer Days
Thanks to OSFR member and volunteer David Vaina for the write-up and photo. —————– Board members, general members, and volunteers with Our Santa Fe River joined the community for the Annual Pioneer Days Festival […]
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