Dam’s Failure Would Result In Deaths
Yet another good reason to get rid of this useless and harmful structure. It is way past time to free the Ocklawaha. The Gainesville Sun does not provide a link to this article. Comments by […]
‘Breakthrough’ Study Finds Microplastics in Human Blood
There are already many good reasons to stop bottled water, but this one is enough by itself. Read the original article with photos here in EchoWatch. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A […]
Report: Kirkpatrick Dam labeled ‘high hazard’
Authorities who are taking no action to get rid of this dam are looking worse and worse as time goes on. Doing nothing will not work forever and sooner or later they must act. Waiting […]
This Should Be the Year Florida Finally Restores the Ocklawaha River
Really difficult to justify keeping this outdated, useless and harmful dam. Neither the Gainesville Sun nor the Jacksonville Times Union provides a link to this article. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – […]
Us Wildlife Officials Backtrack on Pesticide Threat to Wildlife
Changing a label does not make the chemical less deadly, nor probably less likely to be used. Consumers know the chemical will kill wildlife, but many, faced with more profit potential, will not use the […]
Oppose the Toll Road, Inverness March 15, 2022, 5:30 pm
The following was taken from Face Book and posted by the No Roads to Ruin Coalition, of which OSFR is a part. NO BUILD is the only option. Please attend if you can and/or […]
‘To Dam or Not to Dam’ | Rodman Dam Debate Bubbles up Again
If Ms. Clark were to investigate a bit she would find that objective studies agree that the economy would be improved by removing the dam. And if she were to go to some of […]
Who Makes the Decisions That Affect Our Springs?
Lucinda Merritt has posed some thought-provoking questions in her op-ed below. Two especially strike a chord: Do you support the use of science to guide public decision-making? Given a conflict or disagreement between scientific […]
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