PFAs In the News
Concerns abound for the continuing agression of the EPA under the new administration in Washington. “Agression” may be an overly-optimistic word because the EPA has been characteristiclly slow to act. As usual. Read the complete […]
BlueTriton Products In the News.
Arlene Slocombe of the organization Water Watchers in Ontario has written the following to OSFR’s advisor Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, who has international ties to Canadian groups fighting water bottlers. The following echoes predictions for the Dean […]
Conservation Easement Means Nothing to Commissioners and Developers
Once again we see that nothing is permanent or safe when it comes to politicians, development and money. Read the original article here in the Bradenton Times. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – […]
Bioplastics
The Story of Stuff is one of the most active and effective environmental groups. They have worked long and hard to oppose Nestle and also our plastic crisis. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org […]
No Help Indicated: State Continues Death Policy
“The problem is these things are a balancing act,” said UF fisheries professor Mike Allen, the study’s lead author and director of the Nature Coast Biological Station Nitrogen concentrations in north Florida’s groundwater average […]
Water flow and building resilient communities
Water follows the slope down valleys called swales. Swales line our roads, and surround our homes. Swales lead run-off from rainfall to our streams, rivers, and sinkholes. When blocked by debris, water will flow to […]
Black Creek Water Transfer Not the Solution
“…start siphoning as much as 10 million gallons of water a day from the South Prong of the Black Creek and pushing it through 17 miles of piping to Alligator Creek, into a drain […]
Large Beef and Dairy Farms v.s. Water Quality.
Large beef and dairy farming in areas of high recharge is problematic, responsible for over 70% of the nitrogen loading in the Santa Fe /Ichetucknee River Basin. This coming week the Florida Department of Environmental […]
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