News From Paddle Florida
Thanks to Janice Hindson for sending this. Notice that included in some of the paddles are speakers Jill Lingard from Florida Springs Institute and Ryan Smart from Florida Springs Council. Paddle Florida has been […]
OSFR Newsletter Quoted In News
Nice to see OSFR quoted by newscasters regarding environmental issues instead of the go-to guy Audubon, just for a change. Also nice to see news people reading our website. Not so nice to see […]
Administration Awards Gulf of Mexico Drilling Leases To Oil Giants
Politics is all about compromise, but sometimes what is given up hurts. In this case it more threat to the Gulf of Mexico. One would think that after Deepwater Horizon no one would even think […]
Wellspring: Why some rural Florida families are forced to depend on bottled water
To make a start at cleaning the nitrate pollutants from the area’s rivers, we would have to reduce the current rate by about 80 percent. The State of Florida is not prepared to do […]
Florida Lawmakers Flout the Law in Failing to Protect Sensitive Land, Springs
The following op-ed will appear in the Sunday, August 28 edition of the Gainesville Sun. We appreciate the concern for the environment expressed by Opinion Editor Nation Crabbe and the Gainesville Sun in their choice […]
OSFR Board Invited to Plant Identification Hike
Recently the OSFR board was honored by an invitation to a professionally led hike in order to learn to identify native species of plants growing along the Santa Fe River. The invitation was accepted by […]
Turnpike Extension Opponents Ask Marion County for No Build
A large turnout of turnpike extension opponents turned out on a beautiful August morning in Ocala. Sierra Club organizer Michael McGrath led a press release with several speakers representing different local areas potentially affected […]
Marion County Needs to Act on Tuesday Aug 16, Ocala
The Sierra Club organizer Cris Costello has sent out the following news item. We need to keep after municipalities to declare against any turnpike extension. The DOT recently said they have dropped plans for an […]
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