“…the state has failed to go far enough in not only reducing pollution from septic tanks, but also in cutting the contributions from fertilizer use and livestock waste. To really save our springs, […]
* Rum Island Park, as well as OSFR headquarters Rum 138 and Ichetucknee Springs are all mentioned in a new tourism film “How to do Florida,” to be shown locally Aug. 3. Unfortunately, what we […]
The following is a letter from Dr. Robert Ulanowicz to Florida’s new Science Officer Dr. Thomas Frazer, with copies to three people who have some control over the situation. This message, very well expressed here, […]
District Executive Director Drew Bartlett told board members “you have the authority to do projects and you have the authority to regulate as well.” Removing pollution, particularly the nitrogen and phosphorus from fertilizer that […]
All trash was weighed and then sorted. Ugly stuff came out. Present here Robin, Woody, Jessica, Blake. Boy, we’ve got some slobs who use our river, and then we have some of the other […]
Great article on septic tanks. Dinah Voyles Pulver, please do another article of this type on agriculture’s contribution to nitrate pollution. The reason is that we talk too much about septic tanks, and want to […]
* This is serious stuff, this is the truth being told to the people who have the obligation to listen and do their jobs. Our springs and rivers are dying and those who are supposed […]
State policy seems to have gone from providing assistance to clean up the mess to now trying to figure out how to prevent it. This statement, if true, is more important than one can imagine […]
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