New development is the single most destructive thing to Florida’s environment. Bulldozing out new road corridors is totally unnecessary, as our present road system can be upgraded to meet our current and future needs. This […]
During the years that a mining company has threatened to tear up the countryside, Union County has exhibited strong united leadership and has made wise choices to protect their priceless rural way of life. […]
Saturday’s avoidable tragedy brings to the forefront the sad lack of safety enforcement by the only authority on the river, the Fish and Wildlife Commission officers. We do not have all the details of the […]
The phosphate mine proposed by HPS II Enterprises poses a grave and deadly threat to the well-being of the Santa Fe River, and as such OSFR has pioneered the effort to oppose it. Other groups […]
The Santa Fe River was named recently by an industrial phosphate consulting firm as being at risk on two separate counts from the proposed HPS II Enterprises mine . Schreuder Inc. of Tampa was hired […]
OSFR advisor Robert Knight has a new book about the springs. This a compilation of his many newspaper articles, a true wealth of information about North Florida’s springs. Delivery is fast, our was received two […]
The Middle and Lower Suwannee River and Withlacoochee River Task Force subcommittee of the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council met virtually on May 20, 2020. For the first thirty minutes of the meeting […]
Just as we have some of the most priceless springs and rivers in Florida, we also have those individuals who would destroy them for a profit, caring only for their lucre and not caring that […]
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