Friday the thirteenth was a lucky day for the Friday Forum of Marion County, as OSFR Policy Director Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, aided by the able Amalie Datz of Florida Anti-Fracking Coalition, spoke to group about […]
A critical moment has arrived in the course of the new legislative session in Tallahassee. We must get the two ban fracking bills introduced into the session. These are HB19 in the House and SB166 in […]
Florida Defenders of the Environment is suing state agencies to block their spending of what they believe are misappropriated funds from Amendment 1. The article by Christopher Curry was published in the Gainesville Sun on […]
On Saturday, Nov. 7, 32 strong individuals turned out to participate in the OSFR river clean-up partnered with Current Problems’ regularly scheduled fall clean-up of the Suwannee River basin. These philanthropic volunteers gathered at […]
Today the SJRWMD governing board met in Palatka to discuss approval of the 2015 Central Florida Water Initiative Regional Water Supply plan. This plan was generated to ensure a future water supply for industry […]
The Senate subcommittee today passed unanimously a bill purporting to protect the Florida springs. Sen. Charlie Dean’s bill was opposed by environmental groups seeking to protect our waters. That the bill was supported by the […]
On Tuesday Nov. 3, Lisa Rinaman, the St Johns Riverkeeper, sent out the following important notice: DISTRICT BOARD TO VOTE ON WATER SUPPLY PLANS On Tuesday, November 10, the St. Johns River Water Management District […]
Water management (or lack thereof) is in the news again today, as the Gainesville Sun writes about the tight control Tallahassee has over the way our water resources are monitored. Nathan Crabbe’s editorial “Averting a […]
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