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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Landmark Legal Victory!!! Judge Rules that Florida Legislature Must Spend Amendment One Funds on Land Acquisition as Mandated by Voters in 2014
The following is from Frank Jackalone of Sierra Club. Contacts: Frank Jackalone for Sierra Club, frank.jackalone@sierraclub.org Valerie Holford for Earthjustice, valerieholford@starpower.net Manley Fuller for Florida Wildlife Federation, wildfed@gmail.com Lisa Rinaman for St. Johns Riverkeeper, lisa@stjohnsriverkeeper.org […]
Phosphate mine on agenda, Gilchrist BOCC, 2018-06-18
Thanks to OSFR President Mike Smith for putting this item on the agenda, and to John Quarterman for publicizing it. If you can, please attend, and even better, please stand and tell the commissioners […]
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