OSFR Joins Current Problems For Creeks Cleanup
OSFR, along with Current Problems, recently took part in a trash pickup session on the Gainesville creeks. Slobs that some of us are, trash continually goes into the water and some good people, like […]
Drilling Permit Application backlog Reaches 10,000 — Just Change The Rules
“If a rig’s scheduled, you might as well put them to work,” Hinchey said. “It certainly helps the state if they are doing that, not to mention the counties where they are drilling. That’s […]
The Bradford Commissioners Hear It Once More
The Bradford County commissioners met at their regular time on Thursday March 15. The mine was not on the agenda, but two people spoke against the mine, reminding the leaders of that county that the […]
Legislators Give The OK to Dump Sewage Into Drinking-Water Aquifers
The water scientists who assure us that injecting sewage into our drinking-water aquifer is safe are touting “shaky science” and they are guessing. They do not know the long-term effects of their theories. The […]
Looking For The Confluence
On a rare, perfect March day in Florida, neither too hot nor too cold, Jane Blais, Alan Toth and your historian set out to kayak to the confluence of the New River and the Santa […]
Summertime Fertilizer Ban
Lately, most of the news from Manatee County has been depressing, a least that dealing with the county’s pathetic actions regarding Mosaic phosphate expansion, and developers’ whims and caprices. So, the following article from […]
Villages Environmental Discussions Group Hosts Sierra Club Phosphate Talk
What do HPS II Enterprises, Oceana and the Sumter Sunshine Community Foundation have to do with each other? The answer is that they were all topics of Mary Hampton’s Villages Environmental Discussions Group at the […]
Preserving our past at Florida’s springs
Renowned Florida author Rick Kilby has an op-ed in the Gainsville Sun, March 11, 2018. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought back- […]
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