Make Your Voice Heard
The following was sent by Sierra Club’s Cris Costello in response to Gov. DeSantis’ recent veto list of this year’s list of projects and bills from the Florida Legislature. As one experienced with […]
Paddle the Santa Fe River with Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, Friday June 30
The following notice was sent by David Vaina. This event is sponsored by the Sierra Club. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
WWALS Wins Rivers Alive Adopt-A-Stream Cleanup Award
Sister group to OSFR and home of Suwannee RiverKeeper John Quarterman has again been deservedly honored by this award. WWALS is a very active grassroots organization important to Florida as well as Georgia for its […]
Septic to Sewer Benefits Outweigh the Costs
OSFR is happy to see money well-spent on converting septic tanks to sewers. Statewide, septics contribute approximate 12% of nitrate pollution while agriculture contributes over 70 percent. In Citrus County in the Homosassa/Chassahowitzka basin it […]
2023 Legislative Scorecard From Sierra Club
Governor DeSantis has failed to keep Florida free, healthy, and thriving. This legislative session only furthers that failure. He has chosen to serve his own ambitions with political stunts rather than actually governing…. Thanks […]
DeSantis Needs to Hear From Florida Voters
We need your help! Last week, we asked our members to email Governor DeSantis, urging him to veto three harmful bills. Over 2,000 springs advocacy emails were sent to the Governor – thank you! […]
OSFR Visits Abandoned Park
An apparently well-kept secret was discovered recently by OSFR and that is the existence of an Alachua County-owned park located on the Santa Fe River near River Rise Preserve north of High Springs. The following […]
Taxpayer Money Well Spent
Although Florida is nowhere close to fixing the water problems, here are examples of taxpayer money well spent by acquiring land leases and by working with the Alachua Conservation Trust. The two things our […]
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