PARKnership End of the Year Celebration

April 26, 2017 Events (Education), Partnerships, Volunteering Leave a Comment

The annual Parknership awards will take place this year on May 9 at Fort White Middle School. OSFR is a proud co-sponsor of this fine program and is pleased to see the culmination of another […]

Santa Fe River Clean-Up and Picnic Suwannee North Florida Working Group – SSJ Sierra Club

March 8, 2017 Advocacy, Ecology, Events (Advocacy), Water Quality Threats, Volunteering 1 Comment

The following information is from the FB page of North Florida Working Group – SSJ Sierra Club. ———————————- Sunday March 12, 2017 10 to 1 pm Chastain-Seay Park SW 118th Rd, Worthington Springs, Florida 32054 […]

O’Leno Chili Cook-Off And Springs Celebration

March 1, 2017 Miscellaneous, Advocacy, SOLUTIONS, Education, Events (Education), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Come and join us here, as OSFR will have a booth as always.

Charlie Trowbridge Alerts People to Important Commissioner Meeting

February 16, 2017 THREATS, Events (Advocacy), Water Quality Threats, County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture), Volunteering 2 Comments

Columbia County Board of County Commissioners votes tonight, Feb. 16, 2017 on Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations in our county. This is to prevent industrial agriculture, animal factories and the like from being allowed on aquifer […]

Call Your Legislator to Stop Pruitt’s Confirmation

February 8, 2017 Environmental Threats, THREATS, Federal Government Threats, Events (Advocacy), Volunteering Leave a Comment

The Associated Press has released the following article. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought back- Column: Senate should reject Pruitt to head […]

RiverFest Volunteers meeting – this Wednesday, January 25th at 5:30pm at Rum 138, 2070 SW County Road 138, Fort White. See you there! Board Meeting to follow at 6:30pm. Dr. Robert Knight, Executive Director of Florida Springs Institute will be speaking in the state of the Santa Fe River. All members and prospective members are invited to attend.

January 24, 2017 SOLUTIONS, Education, Events (Education), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering Leave a Comment

On January 22, 2017 at 10:47AM the following article was published on OSFR’s Facebook Page: RiverFest Volunteers meeting – this Wednesday, January 25th at 5:30pm at Rum 138, 2070 SW County Road 138, Fort White. […]

Walk For Water and Speak For The Springs

January 20, 2017 Federal Government Solutions, Clean Energy, State Government Solutions, Events (Advocacy), Environmental Threats - Pipelines, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Join us for ‘Walk For Water and Speak For The Springs’ on Jan 28, 2017. We will walk 2 miles through Dunnellon bringing awareness to the pipeline and we will end at the City Hall […]

WWALS Becomes Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

December 30, 2016 Conservation, Events (Advocacy), SOLUTIONS, Education, Ecology, Events (Education), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Good news from our sister group in Georgia, as John Quarterman is now officially Suwannee Riverkeeper. The Waterkeeper Alliance has acted wisely and OSFR commends their choice, which gives our rivers more protection, and […]

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PARKnership End of the Year Celebration

Santa Fe River Clean-Up and Picnic Suwannee North Florida Working Group – SSJ Sierra Club

O’Leno Chili Cook-Off And Springs Celebration

Charlie Trowbridge Alerts People to Important Commissioner Meeting

Call Your Legislator to Stop Pruitt’s Confirmation

Walk For Water and Speak For The Springs

WWALS Becomes Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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