Now We Have Green Algae
I do remember the smell of the paper mills which kept me out of Jacksonville back when. Today we have green algae and good ole’ boy politics scattered about Florida and both stink. The authorities […]
America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow
This is an article that all the water agencies in Florida should read. I suspect that many or all of the water scientists employed by them are aware of our water crisis, and I am […]
OSFR Attends Land Use Workshop in Starke
President Joanne Tremblay has submitted the following news. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum On July […]
Plastics Issue Not Understood By High Springs Leaders
High Springs leadership waxed weak on the issue of plastic straws. Those very commissioners who put money over plastic most likely already have plastic in their bodies. The straws they discussed will be around for […]
Highlands Commissioners Back Off Carter Creek Protection Plan
Of the many types of injustices we disclose here, one of the most frustrating is when local authorities refuse to do their jobs to protect what they are supposed to protect, even though they […]
Developers Keep Chipping Away
As long as a pine tree stands and a wetland exists, there will be a developer lurking to destroy it. Neither zoning laws nor growth regulations is sacred and developers never give up. This post […]
Important Thursday Meeting, Please Act
Kristin Ruben, ex-president and board member of OSFR, has forwarded the following information about this critical step in curbing development sprawl in Gainesville. We don’t have the infrastructure and especially we don’t have […]
Alachua County Needs an Environmental Champion to Stop Destructive Development
The usual greed coming from developers and the weaknesses of our too-often spineless leaders are now exacerbated by the soon-to-arrive influx of coastal residents displaced by rising seas. Development has always been a Florida problem […]
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