desantis scott rubio In: Florida manatee deaths soar as polluted water kills seagrass | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Florida manatee deaths soar as polluted water kills seagrass

  This article serves as a continuation and progression of the problem.  Up to now it appears that our anti-environment governor plans to just let the manatees die.  His comment is: “We have a lot […]

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nikki fried In: Nikki Fried Promises to Get Tough on AG Businesses That Foul the Water | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Nikki Fried Promises to Get Tough on AG Businesses That Foul the Water

  We like Nikki Fried for several reasons, not the least is that she is by far the greenest member of our current brown, brown cabinet, and we commend her efforts to reduce polystyrene. Unfortunately, […]

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LisaRinamannew In: Riverkeeper: Toxin Levels From Algae on the St. Johns River Are High | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Riverkeeper: Toxin Levels From Algae on the St. Johns River Are High

there is no mention in this article of the cause nor the solution to this problem, which is mostly nutrients from excessive agricultural and urban fertilizer, plus septic tanks. Our Department of Environmental Protection goes […]

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marlettemanatees In: Creating Habitats to Save the Manatees | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Creating Habitats to Save the Manatees

We are  not experts on manatee habitat, but it seems to us that the main problem is caused by water pollution which is caused by humans.  In the history of the manatee in Florida they […]

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natgeographic In: Pollution and Overuse Threaten Florida’s Fragile Freshwater Springs | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Pollution and Overuse Threaten Florida’s Fragile Freshwater Springs

Mark Rains is dead wrong in his statement below–  the State has no intention of restoring our springs.  They plan to continue their current protocol which is a slow but sure death of our springs […]

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red tide NASA In: Polluted Waterways Force Tourists to Vacation Elsewhere | Our View | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Polluted Waterways Force Tourists to Vacation Elsewhere | Our View

The numbers prove that the policies of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis are failures, since they promote business at the expense of all else.  And lately the “all else” part has been our water-related recreation. […]

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