Updated BMAPS: can we dial back the green?
BMAPS or Basin Management Action Plan is the Florida DEP’s response to the 2017 legislative requirement to reduce nitrates in our waters. High nitrate levels are harmful to our health, wildlife, fish, and livestock. High […]
Our Leaders Have Failed Us
“These interviews and documents, which include thousands of pages of reports dating to the 1970s, showed the state failed to control pollutants for decades, allowing hundreds of Florida waterways to become dangerously polluted.” The sad […]
Impact of Ocean Heating on Florida Springs
Dr. Arnoldo Valle-Levinson is a Professor in the Civil and Coastal Engineering Department at the University of Florida and Chief Editor of Continental Shelf Research, and Associate Editor of Estuaries and Coasts, and Journal of […]
Here’s the Latest On DEP’s Useless Solution to Our Springs
Even though the State of Florida is mandated by law to restore our springs, it refuses to do so. Thanks to the Florida Springs Council for this great explanation of what our non-leaders in Florida […]
Lori Berman Files Legislation to Improve Florida’s Water Quality
Although the article emphasizes lead in the water, the bill also includes the green algae which plague the Santa Fe River. Algae proliferate due to excess nitrates from fertilizer and septic tanks, exacerbated by reduced […]
It Doesn’t Sound Good.
In an article in USA Today Donalds is quoted as follows: He promised to make Florida ‘the most business-friendly state in our country’ and to build on DeSantis’ environmental work, ‘making sure that we finish […]
Wastewater Spill near the Santa Fe Swamp
The Santa Fe River begins with the rainwater-fed lakes Santa Fe and Alto over by Waldo. The river then winds its way north through the Santa Fe Swamp. These rainwater fed lakes formed on the […]
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