Representative Brannon is correct in addressing the Valdosta sewage spills, but we encourage him to look first at Florida’s transgressions there. In the past month, Florida treatment plants spilled over eight million gallons of […]
First Lady Casey DeSantis specifically mentioned clean water when asked about Florida issues she deemed important. Happily, elected Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez also mentioned this at a Monday breakfast highlighting “Women Transforming Florida.” Our concerns […]
The first Bradford commissioners meeting of 2019, hopefully the year they will deny the mining permit. A short meeting today, with Kate Ellison and your historian in attendance. Your representative reminded the commissioner of the […]
The following article from the Gainesville Sun describes the action taken, not just by the Florida Springs Council, but also by OSFR, the Ichetucknee Allliance, Sierra Club, Friends of the Wekeiva, Silver Springs Alliance […]
A great step forward, thanks to Commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos and others who voted for it. Also to several Sierra Club members headed by Maryvonne Devensky has worked long and hard to bring this to the […]
Thanks to John Quarterman and Waterkeepers Florida for this latest Resolution against the Phosphate mine threat in Bradford and Union counties. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, […]
It has been well publicized in North Florida, that during the last few years there have been numerous spills from the Valdosta, GA water treatment plant. These spills flow into drainages that go into […]
This is a step in the right direction, although to believe that red tide and green algae are the only water problems we have in Florida is a huge mistake. Issuing withdrawal permits as our […]
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