Crystal River overflight, Sabal Trail End of Line @ WWALS 2017-02-07

March 1, 2017 Environmental Threats - Pipelines Leave a Comment

On March 01, 2017 at 10:43AM, jsq at WWALS Watershed Coalition published the following article: What’s going on at the end of Sabal Trail’s Citrus County Line at Duke’s new natural gas plant in Crystal […]

South Florida Continues Prep For Sea Level Rise

February 28, 2017 Environmental Threats - Climate Change Leave a Comment

Since Tallahassee, with its usual total void of leadership, has stuck its head in the sand and taken the easy “no action” way out, coastal cities in Florida are doing their own preparation for the […]

Private Wells And The Unknown

February 27, 2017 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quantity (Threats) Leave a Comment

How much water are we taking out? How much water is there to take? Our water managers don’t have the answer to either question. To us it seems that the concern expressed by this editorial […]

Removing Dam Would Revitalize Economy

February 26, 2017 Conservation, Environmental Threats, Water Quality Threats 2 Comments

More reasons to get rid of this illegal monstrosity are outlined below by Dr. Steve Robitaille in the Gainesville Sun, Feb. 26, 2017. We have several posts regarding this, among them Unauthorized Dam Is IllegallyTrespassing […]

Take Personal Responsibility For Pollution

February 25, 2017 Water Quality Threats, Environmental Threats, State Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture) Leave a Comment

The following article by OSFR advisor Dr. Robert Knight is online in the Gainesville Sun and will appear in the Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017 edition. The entire article can be seen at this link. The […]

OSFR Advisor Bob Knight Co-Authors Study On Turtles In The Santa Fe

February 24, 2017 Environmental Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), State Government Threats, Education, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Fertilizers, Water Quantity (Threats), Publications (letters, opinion pieces), Other Environmental Threats Leave a Comment

“THE SANTA FE RIVER IN NORTHERN FLORIDA: EFFECT OF HABITAT HETEROGENEITY ON TURTLE POPULATIONS” Gerald R. Johnston1, Joseph C. Mitchell2, Eric Suarez3, Tom Morris4, Georgia A. Shemitz4, Peter L. Butt4, and Robert L. Knight5 […]

SABAL TRAIL PIPELINE Protesters ‘Rescued’

February 23, 2017 Environmental Threats - Pipelines Leave a Comment

The following article is from the Feb. 23, 2017 Gainesville Sun. The news here draws attention to the folly and greed exhibited by Sabal Trail pipeline, an unnecessary and dangerous project which only locks us […]

Intellectual Dishonesty at the BOCC

February 22, 2017 Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Threats, Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs & Aquaculture) 4 Comments

The Lake City Reporter has the following editorial today, Feb. 22, 2017 regarding the shameful actions of the commission chair at last Thursday’s meeting. Ron Williams ramrodded the defeat of an amendment which would have […]

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Crystal River overflight, Sabal Trail End of Line @ WWALS 2017-02-07

South Florida Continues Prep For Sea Level Rise

Private Wells And The Unknown

Removing Dam Would Revitalize Economy

Take Personal Responsibility For Pollution

OSFR Advisor Bob Knight Co-Authors Study On Turtles In The Santa Fe

SABAL TRAIL PIPELINE Protesters ‘Rescued’

Intellectual Dishonesty at the BOCC

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