Another Push for Okefenokee
OSFR has spent time and energy in this fight to protect Trail Ridge and the Okefenokee Swamp. Twin Pine Minerals, the mining company, has shown itself to be incompetent and untrustworthy. Thanks to Betty Johnson […]
Radioactive Roads? EPA Gives Mosaic Co. Green Light on Phosphogypsum Road Study
Given the current political climate in Florida and Washington, it comes as no surprise that Mosaic is winning this battle. No study can disprove the risk of damage which may develop after years have […]
More Help For Polluters
Mosaic territory is far from the Santa Fe River basin, but OSFR has been heavily involved in opposing phosphate mining due to its destruction of the environment and the close-to-home threat of HPSII. Mosaic […]
Ichetucknee Update
The gar in this video were photographed last year in February, 2024. This year the Ichetucknee State Park closed for several weeks while a crew removed fallen trees from the park waters. Fallen tree limbs, […]
Wastewater Spill near the Santa Fe Swamp
The Santa Fe River begins with the rainwater-fed lakes Santa Fe and Alto over by Waldo. The river then winds its way north through the Santa Fe Swamp. These rainwater fed lakes formed on the […]
Kim Ross Writes On Climate Change
Impacts from climate change affect us all, including the Santa Fe River basin. Here Kim Ross of ReThink Energy Florida in Tallahassee comments on latest developments and projections. Kim has long been a supporter […]
The Devil and Rum
“The river below ” was the simplistic way I was introduced to our aquifer. I imagined a mirror image of the Santa Fe in triplicate, coursing below the actual river. Instead, limestone caves, and channels, […]
Our Dying Springs
The following video is from the Florida Springs Council. It depicts the heartbreaking scene of reality of North Florida Springs. I began diving these springs in 1977 and I can attest that this was not […]
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