Picnic Invitation — to Poe Springs Sat. July 18 2015
Suwannee – St. Johns Group/Sierra Club has issued an invitation to all OSFR members to join them for their picnic at Poe Springs Park. Potluck – bring a dish to share and your own cutlery. […]
OSFR President Smith Debuts the World of Water Permits
President Pam Smith jumped into the stressful world of advocacy today in Palatka when she, along with multiple OSFR members attended the monumental and disasterous official approval of a massive cattle industry near Silver […]
Reverse Thinking?
Why should the state issue a permit to a corporation to freely withdraw water and then spend $3.37 million to reduce the amount it uses? It happened near White Springs last year. With your tax dollars. […]
Many Questions – Few Answers
A large, mostly hostile but polite group crowded into a stifling hot Fort White Community Center on Thursday night to pose many questions to the FWC, only to receive few satisfactory answers. These mostly […]
Gainesville Sun Editorial on Santa Fe Speed Limits
Today, July 9, 2015 there appeared in the Gainesville Sun an editorial on speed limits on the Santa Fe River, appropriate since on this day there is a meeting called by the FWC in Fort […]
No-Wake Trigger Discussed Thursday in Fort White
The Gainesville Sun has printed an article depicting the controversy concerning loosening no-wake rules during flood stage on the Santa Fe River. The FWC proposes dividing the lower SF from the mouth to […]
Florida Springs Council Addresses Aquifer Health
“The time has come to change the ways in which Floridians are using water. To delay or to resist change will only make our aquifer problems worse and lead to human suffering.” Statement by […]
Demand for Water (Reductions)
On July 01, 2015 at 02:48PM, Tom at Watery Foundation published the following article: How much more water supply development is needed in Florida? According to the 2014 projections from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, […]
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