roundup3FI In: Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, Including Roundup, From U.S. Home and Garden Market | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Bayer to Pull Glyphosate Products, Including Roundup, From U.S. Home and Garden Market

  This is significant for human health and the environment, but the product will still be used for farming.  We need glyphosate banned world-wide. Read the complete article here in EchoWatch. Comments by OSFR historian […]

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noswimmingpubdomaine In: ‘It Can Be Very Patchy’: Scientists Work to Map Healthy Beaches to Help Beachgoers Avoid Red Tide | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

‘It Can Be Very Patchy’: Scientists Work to Map Healthy Beaches to Help Beachgoers Avoid Red Tide

  Well, we are past the tipping point because now if we want to spend the day in the water, instead of checking to see if some beach is closed, instead we must see which […]

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keystonesjwmd In: Agreements Reached For Pipeline System To Replenish Keystone Heights Lakes | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Agreements Reached For Pipeline System To Replenish Keystone Heights Lakes

Excessive pumping permitted by SJWMD is the cause of lowered lake levels and water transfers is not the solution simply because the water in Black Creek is needed in Black Creek.  Jacksonville must curb its […]

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florida fracking ban In: E.P.A. Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show-- | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

E.P.A. Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking a Decade Ago, New Files Show–

  Our backyard neighbor Chemours participates in this deadly destruction, read below.  This is another example of our “protective” agency protecting a polluting industry instead of the people. And the more we learn, the worse […]

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SJRWMD boblisa In: Time to Act on Causes of Toxic Algae | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Time to Act on Causes of Toxic Algae

Until Florida officials find the political will to tackle these big problems, massive algae blooms are probably going to be a fact of life. And spot solutions will never make up for the damage Floridians […]

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sj pam shortelle In: St. Johns River Water Management District Looks at New Tools for Fighting Algal Blooms | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

St. Johns River Water Management District Looks at New Tools for Fighting Algal Blooms

  Dr. Shortelle, head of Florida’s most ethically challenged water management district, throws out the money number: $736.7 million for water quality improvement.  We would love to see that amount directed to the sources of […]

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