Water plan stalls in Columbia County
A Department of Transportation toll road meeting shows a lot of plastic going into the soil. Kudos to Kent Wimmer for helping save the environment — shame on all the others. Photo by Jim Tatum […]
Florida’s First Conservation Easement Protecting Grassland of Special Environmental Significance Recorded in Columbia County
OSFR is grateful to Alachua Conservation Trust for this important contribution to conserving our Santa Fe River watershed which in turn protects our river and aquifer. This is especially significant in these difficult […]
One-third of America’s rivers have changed color since 1984–
We don’t just have a problem in Florida, we have a world-wide problem of polluting the planet we live on. It is a growing problem and one that will rise up and strike us one […]
High Springs mayor talks about water
Frazier described the Town of Fort White as being in ‘Springs Heaven’ with the town in the vicinity of several springs. “There are springs all around us and you would think this area here would […]
Tubing plan only part of saving Ichetucknee
This is a right step to improve the health of the river. It also needs help to restore its reduced flow and nitrate pollution. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is […]
FL sacrificed a river to get paper mill jobs. The deal really stunk.–
…the waste the company was dumping seeped into the aquifer instead of flowing to the gulf. The pollution then came back up in people’s drinking wells. State officials called it the most widespread groundwater pollution […]
EPA Sued For Approving ‘Radioactive Roads’ —
The EPA is being sued and rightfully so. Once in office, much of President-elect Biden’s time will hopefully be undoing the crazy, hairbrained idiocies of EPA head Andrew Wheeler, an example of which is […]
Over-pumping groundwater has many ripple effects, all bad.
The main point of this article is that over-pumping of groundwater has had major effects on wildlife, and our water agencies know better but continue to give more pumping permits. Ill-thought-out development, bought-and-paid-for politicians, the […]
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