Lake O algae free pic In: Florida Tops List for Most Polluted Lakes in the U.S., Study Finds | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Florida Tops List for Most Polluted Lakes in the U.S., Study Finds

Florida’s waters are in a horrible mess and our state leaders are totally useless; in fact, they are the cause.  Political hot air blows strong and  very little gets done.  Lots of money is spent […]

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Latest Projects From Your WMD

  The three bulleted items below are welcome items, although the North Florida Mega Industrial Park seems to have an uncertain futured at this time. The Dairy Farm Pollutant Pilot project continues the illogical and […]

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Mote Marine Continues Down Wrong Path

Mote Marine Continues Down Wrong Path Michael P. Crosby is president and CEO of Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium, a nonprofit marine research organization in Sarasota. Kevan Main is the director of the 200-acre Mote […]

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Coastal ‘Dead Zones’ Are Multiplying. Seaweed May Be a Solution

Once again we are treating symptoms and not cure.  The only solution is to stop these nutrients from entering the Mississippi River.  The polluters must pay and the consumer must share the cost.  High taxes […]

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Middle and Lower Suwannee River and Withlacoochee Task Force Report

  The Middle and Lower Suwannee River and Withlacoochee River Task Force subcommittee of the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council met virtually on May 20, 2020. For the first thirty minutes of the meeting […]

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Environmentalists Needed to Prod Public Agencies Into Action on River Pollution

    For a period of several years, sewage spills from the City of Valdosta has been the on-going source of ever-increasing fecal contamination in the Suwannee River.  As if the spills were not bad […]

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