WMNF interviews Lars Andersen and Ryan Smart

July 29, 2019 Environmental Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), THREATS, Environmental Threats - Development, State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quantity (Threats) 1 Comment

Rob Lorie of WMNF in Tampa has done an interview with OSFR advisor Lars Andersen and Ryan Smart on Florida’s springs. Sorry, we have no video but we do have an audio which is very […]

Retail federation plans to sue Gainesville

July 27, 2019 Environmental Threats 2 Comments

Nothing is easy. Gainesville will be sued by the Florida Retail Federation because of “increased costs.” Yes, it will cost to clean up the environment, and we must all pay more. Clean water, clean air […]

Florida native demonstration garden

July 27, 2019 Environmental Threats, Conservation Leave a Comment

Members of Our Santa Fe River and the owners of Rum 138 will be installing and maintaining a Florida native demonstration garden at Rum 138, 2070 SW County Road 138, in Fort White, Florida. This […]

Weyerhaeuser restarts vast project for north Gainesville

July 24, 2019 Environmental Threats - Development, Miscellaneous 1 Comment

Trees we need, people we don’t. Plum Creek all over again. If you live in Gainesville, please contact your commissioner to voice opposition to 1,300 new homes for which we do not have water. To […]

Bradford Commissioners Hear From Alachua Commissioner Hutchinson

July 18, 2019 Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Threats, Miscellaneous, Environmental Threats - Mining 2 Comments

But our [Alachua] County Commission will not allow the Santa Fe River – the sparkling gem that is the best reason to live in North Florida – to be sullied on our watch. Commissioner Robert […]

Whitey Markle Honored with Special Service Award

July 13, 2019 Environmental Threats, Miscellaneous 3 Comments

Many of our readers know Whitey Markle, as he has appeared before our board and many meetings and advocacy events fighting common causes with Our Santa Fe River, Sabal Trail, fracking, the phosphate mine, and […]

Santa Fe River Bill Of Rights, Meeting July 30, 2019

July 12, 2019 Environmental Threats 1 Comment

The following is a FaceBook posting. The idea that nature can have rights just as corporations is gaining ground. There are examples in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Oklahoma, India, and New Zealand (see this link in […]

Robert Knight: Civic duty and springs protection

July 11, 2019 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), Environmental Threats - Development, State Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats, Water Quantity (Threats) Leave a Comment

As we have said earlier (see “Rainbow River MFLs challenged,”) it is disheartening to witness our state agency which is supposed to protect our springs and river work so hard to destroy them. They […]

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WMNF interviews Lars Andersen and Ryan Smart

Retail federation plans to sue Gainesville

Florida native demonstration garden

Weyerhaeuser restarts vast project for north Gainesville

Bradford Commissioners Hear From Alachua Commissioner Hutchinson

Whitey Markle Honored with Special Service Award

Santa Fe River Bill Of Rights, Meeting July 30, 2019

Robert Knight: Civic duty and springs protection

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