Rum Island Park to close for renovation
The county promised a workshop for public input regarding the changes to the park, but it was not forthcoming. A variance to build in wetlands was granted by the water management district. Read the rest […]
Santa Fe River’s Turtles Threatened by Over-pumping and Pollution
Johnston and his team have found that as alga replaces grasses, river cooters are swimming farther to find food — more than 100 adult females have left the river to find food 12 to 30 […]
OSFR’s Merrillee Interviewed About Nestle on”Women’s Point of View”
On September 5, 2019, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson of OSFR spoke about Nestle on the eclectic radio show “Women’s Point of View” on WMNF. Merrillee has had many appearances on this well-known and respected radio station. This […]
OSFR Quoted in Newsweek
The Newsweek reporter did not do a good job listening, as he gets the name of our organization wrong every time, misspells it once, and makes other mistakes. Merrillee did not tell him that the […]
Lucinda Faulkner Merritt: Legal system isn’t set up to protect environment
A time for new ideas and yes, new laws. The current path we travel leads to failure for all. If we deplete groundwater to a level where saltwater intrudes into public water supplies, … there’s […]
OSFR Quoted in the Guardian
See the complete article in the Guardian here at this link. Nestlé plan to take 1.1m gallons of water a day from natural springs sparks outcry Opponents fighting to stop the project say the fragile […]
Paving the way for toll roads
Tampa Bay Times August 21, 2019 What we have here is corruption: “ Political corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain.” And you can bet […]
It’s a shame to silence and gag majority
Freedom of speech? Democracy? Apparently these are foreign words to the so-called leaders of Charleton County, Georgia and they just aren’t able to understand them. It’s hard to believe that what Mark Lyons describes below […]
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