New science or same ol’ politics?
Indeed it is the “same ol’ politics” which fools no one and of which we are totally tired. The people’s patience is running thin as they watch our tax dollars go to pay the salaries […]
Dear Chairman Miklos…
“Instead of asking how much more damage should be allowed to our aquifer, rivers and springs, we should be asking what can be done to improve their health and viability.” Harry Patterson Indeed, our water […]
Weyerhaeuser/Plum Creek Gives Away $25,500
The Weyerhaeuser company has spread money around the community by donating to schools and charities. There was recently an intense controversy in the Gainesville/Lake City area when Plum Creek, now Weyerhaeuser, attempted to alter the […]
St. Johns staff urges approval of Sleepy Creek water request
They are taking more water from Silver Springs. The water management district spends millions to study what has been studied for decades, so they can say they are working on it. See our post “Buy […]
Robert Knight: The True Cost of Water
* Dr. Robert Knight, OSFR member and advisor, and Director of the Florida Springs Institute, has written comments, soon to appear in the Gainesville Sun, on the North Florida Regional Water Supply Plan. Still in […]
Oil Companies Never Give Up
The following comes from Center for Biological Diversity by way of Water Online. Even though the article is not recent, it bears repeating for the threat it carries, and we have seen the same thing […]
More On Chicken LDRs
OSFR’s leadership in amending the Land Development Regulation’s for Columbia County in regard to industrial agriculture is described in an article by Carl McKinney in the Lake City Reporter today, Dec. 22, 2016. Comments by […]
First Big Step In Changing LDRs
The Planning & Zoning Board of Columbia County, under the wise guidance of Chairman Robert Jordon and the able help of Attorney Joel Foreman, made a recommendation to pass forward the resolution amending the […]
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