Columbia County’s Rum Island Park Rules & Fees on Center Stage in Fort White

July 13, 2020 Conservation, Advocacy, Events (Advocacy), County Government Solutions, Volunteering 2 Comments

Thanks to Stew Lilker for this re-post from the Columbia County Observer for the latest about the controversy over Rum Island Park. Thursday, July 16, will be the regular commissioners’ meeting at 5:30 in Lake […]

Help Stop The Toll Roads

July 2, 2020 Advocacy, Environmental Threats - Development, Events (Advocacy), Miscellaneous, County Government Solutions 10 Comments

COLUMBIA COUNTY SAYS NO ROADS TO RUIN OSFR’s Kristin Rubin has worked with the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club to create this petition to stop the proposed toll roads. Please sign […]

New Rules & Regs for Rum Island Park — Meeting 5:30 July 9, 2020, Ft. White

July 1, 2020 Conservation, Advocacy, Events (Advocacy), County Government Solutions, Miscellaneous, Volunteering 2 Comments

Many people are wondering when the renovated Rum Island Park will re-open. Hopefully we will have the answer on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at a meeting at 5:30 of the Columbia County Commissioners held […]

Rum Island Park Ordinance Will Be Discussed By BOCC Thursday, June 18, 2020

June 16, 2020 Advocacy, Conservation, Events (Advocacy), County Government Solutions, Volunteering 6 Comments

Of interest to all users of Rum Island Park, please note that an ordinance outlining new regulations regarding the park will be discussed at the June 18 meeting of the Columbia County BOCC on Thursday, […]

Mine continues forward with controversy

April 24, 2020 Environmental Threats, Advocacy, THREATS, Events (Advocacy), State Government Threats, Miscellaneous, Environmental Threats - Mining Leave a Comment

According to Mark Lyons, who is interviewed for the Baker County Press, Twin Pines Minerals has reduced the area it wants to mine to about 800 acres, but covertly plans to expand once it […]

RiverFest POSTPONED

March 16, 2020 Conservation, Advocacy, Education, Ecology, Events (Advocacy), Miscellaneous, Events (Education), Volunteering Leave a Comment

RiverFest POSTPONED Due to concerns about Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Our Santa Fe River, Inc. board of directors and RiverFest Committee has decided to postpone two of the RiverFest 10th Annual Fundraiser events. They include the […]

Federal agencies asked to block mine

March 15, 2020 Advocacy, THREATS, Federal Government Solutions, Environmental Threats, Events (Advocacy), Environmental Threats - Mining Leave a Comment

We wish to thank Mark Lyons, Carol Burton, Cindy North and all the others who have worked extremely hard for five years to keep the mines out of our fragile wetlands, […]

Bradford Environmental Forum a Huge Success

September 29, 2019 Environmental Threats, Advocacy, THREATS, Events (Advocacy), Events (Education), Miscellaneous, Environmental Threats - Mining, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) 1 Comment

Thanks to the hard work by Carol Mosley, Kate Ellison and Paul Still, there was standing room only at the Sustainable Living Center at Hampton. Attendees came from as far away as Ona, a […]

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Columbia County’s Rum Island Park Rules & Fees on Center Stage in Fort White

Help Stop The Toll Roads

New Rules & Regs for Rum Island Park — Meeting 5:30 July 9, 2020, Ft. White

Rum Island Park Ordinance Will Be Discussed By BOCC Thursday, June 18, 2020

Mine continues forward with controversy

RiverFest POSTPONED

Federal agencies asked to block mine

Bradford Environmental Forum a Huge Success

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