Improve state plans or springs are doomed
What is clearly exposed here is the fact that Florida is run by industry with a total lack of concern for our environment. It is ironic that in our state we have an unparalleled […]
State senator proposes tax on water bottlers
Thanks to Cindy Swirko and the Sun for the quote from Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and the reference to OSFR, who has spearheaded the resistance to Seven Springs Water Company’s water permit renewal. Nestle has been […]
Protect water supply from more bottling
“But the board really needs to base its decision on what is in the public interest for our region: protecting our water supply and springs, not allowing more of that water to be […]
Nestle needs water to expand, but critics aren’t backing down
The permit renewal for Seven Springs should be denied. There is absolutely no reason that the owner of Seven Springs should be allowed to draw down the flow of this spring and lower the […]
Protecting aquifer now part of draft report of Blue-Green Algae Task Force
We are very happy to see that the Task Force has included areas of Florida other than those most visibly affected by the red tide and the algae crisis. Our readers will know […]
A Community Movement
* Environmental newspaper staff writers gravitate toward OSFR board member Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson when they need information and here is an example. We must note that if this amendment were to pass, then this would […]
OSFR’s Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson cited in Sun Editorial
OSFR board member Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and OSFR advisor Dr. Robert Knight are both cited in today’s Gainesville Sun editorial as environmental candidates for the Suwannee River Water Management District’s governing board. It has been in […]
SRWMD Needs Board Members– We Know of a Couple
The Suwannee River Water Management District Board needs members who are true environmentalists, not just someone who says “we are all environmentalists and stewards of the land.” Someone who does not take from the […]
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