The Boondoggle Rolls On
The fourth Sun Coast Connector meeting took place in Madison on Feb. 11, 2020 with lots more of the same heavy hype and pretty good sounding words. The emphasis was on environment and again we […]
Florida Park System Helps Nestle Sell Their Unnecessary Product
Through a public information request to the State Parks of Florida, Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson received several documents which show that Nestle Waters, a private corporation who profits from our protected freshwater springs, plans to exploit […]
Alachua County Committee Hosts Discussion About Local Water Concerns
The attendance at the following water forum illustrates how the public has an interest in 0ur water and our aquifer. We are pleased to see that Dr. Robert Knight of the Florida Springs Institute, […]
SB 1382: Environmental Resource Management Sails Through Committee
Yesterday, Jan. 27, 2019, SB 1382 passed unanimously at the four o’clock session in Tallahassee. This bill would preempt local counties from passing a nature’s rights protection in their constitution. In our case the Santa […]
Don’t water down ways to stop pollution
The usual promises, but still we fail to address the biggest polluter of North Florida’s rivers and springs– agriculture. Understandably so because their lobby is the strongest, but if we are to save our water […]
Hope lingers in advocates’ efforts to stop Nestlé from increasing water use in Florida springs
OSFR president Mike Roth is quoted here again on Seven Springs water permit: Read the complete article here at this link to WFLA Channel 8. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A […]
Workshop on Minimum Flows and Levels for Lower Santa Fe and Ichetucknee Rivers
Another workshop so the DEP and Water District can explain their confused rationale for lowering once again the minimum that can be taken from the rivers without significant harm. But that harm has already been […]
High Springs Commission Backs Away
On Thursday night a packed house saw the city commission falter and waffle away from voting on a resolution of non-support for a permit renewal for Seven Springs to pump water out of Ginnie Springs […]
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