Blue Springs feted as state’s 175th park
The Gainesville Sun has published the following article which can be seen at this link. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought back- […]
Gainesville Sun Jeers HPS II Mine
In the “Cheers and Jeers” section of the Gainesville Sun, Feb. 10, 2018 the “jeers” category includes the HPS II mine proposal. All citizens of Florida who care about the Santa Fe River should protest […]
Company files suit against Union County in mining battle
The Gainesville Sun has an article dealing with the proposed phosphate mine in Union and Bradford Counties. According to what is written below, HPS II seems to believe that their property rights extend to putting […]
What Are Our County’s Wetlands Worth?
* In an ideal world, the water management districts would take charge. But in our world Gov. Rick Scott’s appointment of anti-regulation zealots to their boards renders them useless. Dave Denslow discusses in the Gainesville […]
The Struggle Continues on Amendment 1
Florida legislators have largely been successful in their struggle to second-guess and thwart the will of the people who voted in 2014 to allocate a substantial amount of money each year toward protecting the […]
A Really Bad Idea –Proposal 95
As if our legislators in Tallahassee don’t already have enough power, some want to play God all the way and just twist the Florida peninsula into some form of wrinkled appendage that becomes their […]
Editorial: Demand full funding for Florida Forever
* Nowhere do we see the need for better leadership more than when our elected leaders choose to ignore the wishes of the people regarding the environment. Our representatives seem to see those wishes as […]
OSFR Quoted In Opposition to Mine.
The phosphate industry in Florida has a long history of accidents, environmental destruction and bankruptcy, leaving behind millions in liabilities that taxpayers have had to clean up, according to Jim Tatum of Fort […]
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