BMAPS or Basin Management Action Plan is the Florida DEP’s response to the 2017 legislative requirement to reduce nitrates in our waters. High nitrate levels are harmful to our health, wildlife, fish, and livestock. High […]
OSFR has a long history of opposing fracking in Florida and other locales. Good bills to prevent this are going through the legislature. Read the original article here at WUFT News. Comments by OSFR historian […]
“These interviews and documents, which include thousands of pages of reports dating to the 1970s, showed the state failed to control pollutants for decades, allowing hundreds of Florida waterways to become dangerously polluted.” The sad […]
The Suwannee Rive Water Management District has issued it annual greenwashing press release regarding April as Water Conservation Month. Which brings to mind the appropriate adage “Do as I say, not as I do.” The […]
We have often commented on the state’s inexcusable non-action and its deceitful pretense of caring. We will let this article speak for itself Read the original article here in the Tampa Bay Times. […]
Tough times ahead for our planet and springs, rivers and aquifers. Read this disgusting story here in the New York Times. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: […]
Here we have another press release from SRWMD. Although Executive Director Hugh Thomas praises Ron DeSantis, the truth is that Ron DeSantis and Hugh Thomas and the other water management districts have not restored a […]
The following press release has been issued by the Suwannee River Water Management District. These projects look good and it appears to be money well spent. This is happening because the projects are no threat […]
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