The Gainesville Sun has run a column today by OSFR advisor Robert Knight describing how industrialized farming using huge quantities of water and nitrogen ferlizer has damaged our springs, rivers and aquifer. Continue reading […]
Bob Palmer sent out the following update on the pending water bills now making their way through the Legislature: TO: Members, FL Springs Council FROM: Bob Palmer, Chair of the FSC Legislative Committee […]
Unwanted Chicken Farm Prompts Land Regulation, Environmental Concerns By Shayna Tanen November 24, 2015 Environment One month after a controversial chicken farm was brought to the attention of Columbia County commissioners, residents are still waiting […]
OSFR Policy Director Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson speaks out on WCJBTV about the chicken factory being constructed near Fort White. There were already many concerns that it is situated atop the Floridan aquifer in a high […]
Barbara Llewellyn has kindly given us permission to publish the following article by Celeste Rubanick, which appeared in the November edition of The Observer. OSFR thanks her, Celeste and the anonymous typist. Residents: Chicken […]
Below is an article by WWALS about the continued contamination of the Suwannee River upstream from the mouth of the Santa Fe. This has been an on-g0ing problem for years, and in the past has […]
Thanks to OSFR board member and treasurer Sharon Yeago for forwarding this announcement: USDA Announces $350 Million Available to Help Protect and Restore Grasslands, Wetlands, Working Lands Application Deadline is January 15 GAINESVILLE, Fla., […]
At the Bob Graham Center at the University of Florida this evening, the consequences of aquifer pumping were discussed by a group of individuals all connected in some way to water uses. These were Preston […]
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