Groups wary of Red Tide funding
Samantha J. Gross has written this article which appeared in the Tampa Bay Times on April 10, 2019, and can be seen at this link. The article shows us how politics is involved in our […]
Who Benefits From Excessive Fertilizer?
He poses important questions as to the leadership of Florida’s flagship university. Are there suggestions that IFAS might be operating with bias towards contributors?
How powerful are contributions from industry? Can they influence our major university’s comportment? And can they influence the health of our priceless water resources?
Read this and perhaps write to President Fuchs voicing your concerns.
Help Stop Urban Fertilizer
We need your help to stop excess nitrates from contaminating our waters. The following message is from Cris Costello of Sierra Club: Good afternoon: I am hoping you can help us distribute this sign-on […]
Proposed Changes to the Alachua County Water Quality Code
Please see the following important message regarding fertilizer use: Please come out to support a strong fertilizer ordinance is springs country. Water quality harm comes from nutrient loading from nitrates and phosphorous which is spread on […]
Amendment Nullifies SB1758
The following article from TC Palm describes the committee hearing of this fine bill yesterday, March 20, 2011. As written by Sen. Mayfield it was a great start to improving our useless BMAPs, but it […]
State lawmakers begin polluter crackdown
Welcome words. We hope this long-overdue beginning carries through, although surely the polluters will kick back and fight to continue their planet-destroying pollution activities. The following is a great article, but shows some confusion […]
Looking Deeper Into Our Springs — And a Missed Opportunity
We commend the Lake City Reporter for giving us this article dealing with our local springs, unique treasure that we have in North Florida. At the same time, we have a lost opportunity here to […]
DeSantis’ Water Reform Gets Pushback From AG
State Republicans, DeSantis split on water issues Gov. DeSantis is on a roll but is beginning to face obstacles from moneyed interests, called agriculture and industry. We hope he is strong enough to make wise […]
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