The state needs more than voluntary practices to control pollution from agricultural operations and more aggressive steps to prevent pollution from home septic tanks and fertilizer. As long as our state continues to pussyfoot around, […]
John Quarterman, Suwannee RiverKeeper, has sent the following notice about the meeting of the Florida Task Force for the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council with the Valdosta authorities. Escaping sewage from Valdosta has […]
Read the original article here at News4JAX. State of Florida dragging its feet on septic tank cleanup Leaking septic tanks are the state’s second biggest polluter behind agriculture By Mike Vasilinda – […]
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 […]
* Our thanks to Cindy Swirko and the Gainesville Sun for telling the sad story of our springs. That our legislators and leaders are allowing them to die is inexcusable, especially since we have the […]
This is sickening. More so because it is man caused and we can stop it if we choose. Those who want to do nothing say it is a “natural phenomonon” and pretend to work on […]
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 […]
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