Extremely Urgent
The following was sent out by the Florida Right to Clean Water initiative. Please donate if you can because this may be our only chance in the foreseeable future to defeat those who are letting […]
Charlotte County Health Department Investigating Possible Brain-Eating Amoeba Case
How did this get into our drinking water? Read the original article with videos here at WINK. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
ACT Receives Prestigious Award For Youth Program
Heather Obara Esq., Associate Director of the Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT ) has sent the following press release. This is more fantastic news from ACT, who already is high on the list of heroic organizations […]
The Importance of Wetlands
This interesting article shows that small, disconnected wetlands may be more effective in pollution control than larger areas. Unfortunately, they are easier to destroy by farmers and developers so may be the first to go. […]
More On HPSII Application For Mining Permit Withdrawal
Following is a pictorial essay of scenes from the HPS II mining issue starting in 2016. Early crowds were so large the meetings had to be moved from the normal meeting chambers to an auditorium. […]
Note to Newsletter Readers and Our Membership
Many of you may have noticed in the past weeks that we have had numerous problems with both our membership page and the Newsletters. We think the membership page problems have now been resolved […]
This May Be Where Florida Is Headed
Our water decision-makers give no thought to the future* when they continue to give out unlimited pumping permits, but the road down which they are headed can only end with situations such as described below. […]
Amazing OSFR Fellowship Event for FSC
The following was written by OSFR ex president Kristin Rubin, with edits by Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and President Terry Phelan. The fundraiser and potluck dinner was conceived and executed by Kristin Rubin with help from FSC […]
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