What is Missing Here?
The report below states that the reason they are shutting down the scalloping activity near Pasco is because of toxic algae blooms. What they don’t say is why there are toxic algae blooms. Algal blooms […]
Potentially Damaging Development Threatens Aquifer
Below we have included a petition which gives information regarding a new development proposal in the city of Alachua. This development would potentially damage the aquifer at Mill Creek Sink. Many of you know […]
New College of Florida Tears Up Nature Preserve, Claims It’s an Improvement
He’s a college president without a doctorate but he’s got the governor’s backing. And Mr. Corcoran has taken a line from not just one but many members of water district boards of directors: he […]
New Information On PFAs In Freshwater Fish and Shellfish From the EPA
We are slowly poisoning our planet to make it unlivable for humans. Until we begin to put our health before money and corporations, that trend will not be reversed. Read the latest on PFAs here […]
DeSantis vs Rodman Dam
What do we expect from DeSantis? No surprises here. This is DeSantis being DeSantis. Read the original article here in Florida Phoenix. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a […]
Two Huge Bottled Water Corporations Merge
The article below is way too long but we include it only because it may contain information of interest to a few. Rather than a healthy, sustainable hydration platform this merger creates a larger conglomeration […]
For $170,000 You Can Write Your Own Bill & Legislators Will Make It Law
VoteWater, one of our favorite environmental organizations, writes below how laws get passed in the Florida Legislature. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
Failure to Protect
OSFR has a long history of fighting not only small private water companies, huge corporations such as Nestle and BlueTriton, as well as agencies such as the DEP and the Forest Service. Even though […]
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