Florida should charge fee on water bottling
This article appeared in the Gainesville Sun on Sunday, March 21, 2021. You can see it at this link. The Gainesville Sun Editorial Board Online on March 18, 2021. Florida should charge fee on […]
Groups oppose Nestle permit
Since the Suwannee River Water Management District ignored the public outcry against Seven Springs Water Company and Nestle, two groups are taking legal action. Read the complete article in the Gainesville Sun. Comments by OSFR […]
High Springs Uses State Partnership To Ditch Septic Tanks And Strive For Cleaner Springs
Home/Business and development/High Springs Uses State Partnership To Ditch Septic Tanks And Strive For Cleaner Springs Suwannee River Water Management District Senior Project Manager Kris Eskelin says of the High Springs collaboration, “everything […]
Virtual Nestle Rally, Thursday March 18, 2021 at 7 pm.
OSFR has already published about The Story of Stuff, who has maintained the international fight against Nestle. Now they are sponsoring a virtual rally against Nestle in which you are invited to participate. […]
Plan To Restore Springs In The Santa Fe River Shows A Promising But Challenging Year Ahead
The prognosis for the Lower Santa Fe is indeed dismal since the needed reductions in nitrate loads and water extractions are surely not in the works, given that the Suwannee River Water Management District sees […]
Florida Business Groups Wade Into Wetlands Permitting Fight —
Well, business and industry already control the DEP so the new intervenors, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Florida Community Developers, should continue to wiggle their puppet and pull their […]
DeSantis Continues His Non-Feasance, At a Public and Perhaps Environmental Price —
DeSantis’ inaction may cost Florida grant money to purchase conservation areas. At the very least it will needlessly cost the taxpayers money. Just as with the water management boards, he has failed to fill required […]
Help Protect The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge–
The Okefenokee swamp sends waters into Florida mainly by means of the Suwannee River and also the St Marys, which forms part of the Florida border with Georgia. The Santa Fe, of course, is […]
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