We have written several times lately about the Young Leaders For Wild Florida, directed by Oscar Psychas, from Alachua County. The following are transcriptions of their speeches delivered to the North Central Florida Regional Planning […]
Young Leaders for Wild Florida take on the proposed toll roads at the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council (NCFRPC) at their monthly meeting at Lake City on June 27, 2019. We have written two […]
Today, June 26, 2019, circuit judge Denise Ferrero of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of Florida heard a motion made by Union County to dismiss the lawsuit by HPS II. The mine company is demanding nearly […]
Wed. June 26 is a busy day for OSFR members and advocates for the environment. Most important is the hearing in Lake Butler about the bully lawsuit by HPS II demanding nearly 300 million […]
We are back to our perennial problem: The answer to the septic-system dilemma will remain complex and costly as long as legislators choose to ignore facts and information. The dilemma is our leadership void in […]
Kudos to FWC for not putting more poison in this lake. Everyone wins when we use mechanical harvesting for aquatic weeds instead of chemicals. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a […]
Young Leaders for Wild Florida is an environmental leadership summer program for Alachua County teens aged 16 – 19, directed by Oscar Psychas and hosted by the Alachua Conservation Trust. We did a post […]
In a disheartening meeting yesterday, June 17, 2019, the one-time champions for the environment did a flip flop and voted to approve amendments to their County Comprehensive Plan in regard to new road construction […]
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