Words of Wisdom from Craig Pittman in Florida Phoenix
It’s true that your historian writes a lot of negative stuff, but that is because the way the State of Florida takes care of its water is pretty negative overall. So writing about it becomes […]
Ex-SRWMD Director Valenstein Named In Environmental Damage Lawsuit
This concept of the rights of nature is tied into the critical amendment “Right to Clean & Healthy Waters” which we hope to see on the 2024 ballot. If we want to save the […]
A Golden Opportunity For Alachua County’s Leaders
Progressive they may be in most environmental issues, Alachua’s deep injection well putting wastewater into our aquifer should be immediately stopped. The science behind injecting wastewater into our drinking water is akin to dumping garbage […]
FGCU Water School Gets New Building, Set to Open in the Fall
New building, new hopes. Let’s hope the graduates fix our water. Read the original article with photos here at WINK News. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: […]
Act Working to Save Springs by Protecting Land Along Santa Fe, Suwannee Rivers
To our knowledge, no other organization has done more to preserve land along the Santa Fe River than the Alachua Conservation Trust, headed by Tom Kay. Developers are fast moving in along the Santa Fe […]
Why I Donated Land to the Alachua Conservation Trust to Help the Santa Fe River
Your historian is proud to have been a close neighbor of Martha Strawn for 17 years. Her husband, Bill Latham, is a former board member of OSFR. Both love and care for the Santa Fe, […]
2022 FSC Springs Summit, Crystal River-
Representative Anna Eskamani, popular keynote speaker at the banquet, addresses the audience. The springs summits are back after Covid. Previous summits held in Ocala were always educational and fun. Crystal River continued this high […]
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