Breaking Bonds, Cleaning Water
The work continues to solve the problem of PFAs. Read the complete article here at WUFT. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
FDEP Fights Against Protecting Manatees
This is more about a fight over water than a fight over manatees. The State of Florida has allowed its waterways to become so polluted that the grasses on which manatees feed cannot grow. […]
Biosolids and the St. Johns
The Santa Fe River basin has not escaped harm from biosolids, as if I remember correctly, fields near Ft. White at one time were used to dispose of waste from Lake City. Read the original […]
Article Misses Main Point
Articles like these are extremely frustrating because they leave out the most important information: the preventable causes which our state chooses to ignore. Instead, they spend millions on treating symptoms. Not to say that […]
Update On Valdosta Pollution
For a very comprehensive review of the recent status of the Suwannee River basin, of which the Santa Fe River is a part, read the following article by John Quarterman, Suwannee RiverKeeper. OSFR has a […]
BMAPS: Basin Management Action Plan; Nutrient Reduction and our aquifer. Oct. 28, 2 pm in Lake Butler
Come on out to Lake Butler at the Union County Extension Office on Monday, October 28 at 2 PM to discuss the implementation of the Basin Management Plan with stakeholders. The Union County – UF/IFAS […]
More Algae
So, who is going to explain to these kids that they can’t have their fishing event because the state leaders who are supposed to take care of our water choose not to do their jobs? […]
Not So Good News About Reclaimed Water
Desperate for more water, authorities resort too often to reclaimed water when they should reduce pumping permits. Read the original article here in WFSU News. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river […]
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