Lake City Reporter Runs OSFR Picture
Our friends at Lake City Reporter ran this picture June 20, 2017, of OSFR’s recent river cleanup (Successful River Cleanup – Thanks To All) And thanks to the crew for leaving a better Santa […]
“Reduce The Amount Of Nutrients, Like Nitrogen And Phosphorous,”
The goal is to reduce the amount of nutrients, like nitrogen and phosphorous, that make their way into the aquifer, springs and rivers, carried there by stormwater that washes pollutants from rooftops, streets and sidewalks. […]
Agricultural Fertilizer Pollution Creates Huge Dead Zone
On Jun 15 2017, Echowatch by the Union of concerned Scientists, published the following article by Karen Perry Stillerman. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, it […]
Does “Urban Landscapes” Mean Farms?
Appearing in the Suwannee Democrat is an article about the importance of reducing fertilizer on urban lawns. In the disheartening article we see that the county commissioners miss the point entirely, as they apparently have […]
SWFWMD Withdraws Proposed MFL
The following news release just came from the Florida Springs Council. OSFR is proud to support the petitioners and to be a member of the Florida Springs Council.
Orange County, Ban Lawn Fertilizer During Rainy Months
The Orlando Sentinel on June 5, 2017, has run this important article by Cris Costello about the dangers of lawn fertilizers, especially during rainy periods. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like […]
Improve Farm Practices To Protect Water Bodies
The authors in the article below (Gainesville Sun, June 4 2017) suggest that better control of fertilizer will solve the pollution problem without resorting to using less. We hope this is the case, but if […]
EPA REFUSES TO PROTECT FLORIDA WATERS FROM TOXIC DISCHARGES
It is bad enough when some corporation or industry contributes to the destruction of our water resources, but it seems especially egregious when the guilty party is the very agency charged with protecting us. We […]
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