Misleading Headlines in the Gainesville Sun

Silver Springs, heal thyself

April 5, 2019 THREATS, State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Publications (letters, opinion pieces) Leave a Comment

Bob Knight: Silver Springs, heal thyself! Posted Apr 2, 2019 at 2:00 AM Silver Springs, perhaps the most iconic of all Florida’s springs, is dying under the watch of its water management district, and under the Department of Environmental Protection, […]

Ask Gov. DeSantis to Address Phosphate Problems

March 6, 2019 THREATS, Environmental Threats, State Government Solutions, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) 1 Comment

OSFR has signed on to the following letter/petition and we encourage all our readers to do so. The phosphate industry destroys the earth and the living things in it, and we are not about to […]

Rebuttal to Mosaic Propaganda

February 7, 2019 Miscellaneous, Environmental Threats, THREATS, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) Leave a Comment

Andy Mele, Suncoast Waterkeeper and active opponent of phosphate mining, has written a rebuttal to Mosaic’s representative Russell Schweiss who had two recent articles in the Arcadian which painted a rosy, but misleading picture of […]

Bob Knight: Springs are beyond significant harm

February 5, 2019 Miscellaneous, State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quantity (Threats), Publications (letters, opinion pieces) Leave a Comment

The public deserves an explanation of the inconsistencies of logic described here by Bob Knight. Messrs. Noah Valenstein and Hugh Thomas, please respond to the public for whom you are working. Read the original article […]

Waterkeepers Florida signs Resolution Against Phosphate Mines in Florida 2018-12-19

January 2, 2019 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) 2 Comments

Thanks to John Quarterman and Waterkeepers Florida for this latest Resolution against the Phosphate mine threat in Bradford and Union counties. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, […]

Bob Knight: Despite abundant rain, aquifer levels are trending downward

October 10, 2018 Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), THREATS, Environmental Threats, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats, Water Quantity (Threats), Publications (letters, opinion pieces) Leave a Comment

The lesson to be learned in Dr. Knight’s latest op-ed is of extreme importance and one a few but not all of our water managers has begun to realize. And it is a message that […]

Richard Devereaux on Tipping Points Too Risky to Ignore: ““Walk the Walk” or just “Talk the Talk”? Organic materials comprise about 24% of municipal solid waste in the U.S.A.…” Dec 3, 12:58
Phlip Buskirk on Protecting the Polluters: “If a policy consistently places economy above ecology, our water and Earth will be ruined as Deveopers become billionaires.” Nov 20, 11:11
James Brown on The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart: “Recommended reads: Thomas, Jordan “When It All Burns”. Stewart, Omer, “Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness” Nov 19, 08:09
Mary Hampton on The Sierra Club Embraced Social Justice. Then It Tore Itself Apart: “Regarding Sierra Club’s shift of moving toward social justice, I agree with the statement that Our Santa Fe River organization…” Nov 18, 09:51
Kristin Rubin on Aftermath Of Ginnie Springs Killings: “It is a sad statement when even one commissioner’s opinion for lax safety requirements be withheld to ensure the safety…” Nov 7, 06:57

Silver Springs, heal thyself

Ask Gov. DeSantis to Address Phosphate Problems

Rebuttal to Mosaic Propaganda

Bob Knight: Springs are beyond significant harm

Waterkeepers Florida signs Resolution Against Phosphate Mines in Florida 2018-12-19

Bob Knight: Despite abundant rain, aquifer levels are trending downward

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