Let’s Stop Mosaic
Here is our chance to stop Mosaic from destroying DeSoto County. On July 24 and 25, 2018, the county commissioners will vote on whether to allow Mosaic to mine for the first time in […]
First Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2018.
Congratulations to the planners and participants of the first songwriting contest about the Suwannee River, held June 23, 2018 in Valdosta. The contest drew songwriters from Tennessee, Georgia and Florida. The winner was Laura […]
Ocklawaha Public Information Session
Florida Defenders of the Environment (FDE) initiated the beginning of the second phase of a public engagement strategy for defining the future of the Ocklawaha River. The first phase consisted of five Listening Sessions […]
No Leadership In Tallahassee
On June 23, 2018,. the Gainesville Sun published the following editorial with which we totally agree. Sad when the citizens of a state must sue their elected lawmakers, merely to get them to do […]
The Future of the Ocklawaha River Public Information Session
Way past time to get rid of this dam. GET IT GONE! The Future of the Ocklawaha River Public Information Session Florida Defenders of the Environment (FDE) is excited to inform you of […]
Little Kickback From New Septic Regs
Mr. Terry Hansen from the Florida DEP presented the new regulations on some residential septic tanks. These will go into effect on July 1, 2018, along with the new BMAP regulations, of which it […]
Gilchrist Co. Hears About Mine
The following was written by OSFR president Mike Roth. We can only congratulate and thank him, Ken Cornell, Oscar Psychas (about whom we have posted before), Lucy Anstey and the others who spoke, especially the […]
Gilchrist County and the Phosphate Mine………… continued
The following was written by OSFR president Mike Roth. We can only congratulate and thank him, Ken Cornell, Oscar Psychas (about whom we have posted before), Lucy Anstey and the others who spoke, especially the […]
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