Public Interest Presentation Zoom Meeting REMINDER
Public interest has not been defined satisfactorily and many times incorrectly. It is refreshing to see the Army Corps use that term to deny the infamous Pebble Mine in Alaska. It is a powerful […]
Columbia County & Lake City Throw Utility Vetting Rules Out the Window To Bring a Water Bottling Plant to the Plum Creek
The Columbia County Commissioners have been outspoken against spring water bottling industry in our region for more than a decade. Whatever the backroom deal that is at play here will be subjected to public ire […]
Public Interest Presentation Zoom Meeting
FLORIDA SPRINGS COUNCIL DONATE JOIN or SUBSCRIBE Florida Statute § 373.223 lays out the requirements for obtaining a water use permit, one of which is that the proposed use of water be “consistent […]
Wakeup Call for Florida
Over the next 20 years, farmers in California may have to fallow anywhere from 500,000 to 1 million acres of farmland due to a decreased water supply, according to estimates by the Public Policy Institute […]
Protecting springs poses challenges for farmers
Indeed, over-pumping and over-fertilizing has resulted in degraded springs. And, also indeed, the BMAPS are not the solution. Mr. Tubbs describes the problem but not the cure. Certainly the solution is not to drive […]
How ‘DeathSantis’ could become ‘Governor Green
Wow. Just wow. This letter is amazing. Besides being so true, it is just totally common sense. As Craig Pittman says, there are plenty off other environmental issues he could jump on, and one […]
Water Agencies Ignore Suwannee RiverKeeper and OSFR for Santa Fe River Event
The following is a letter penned by Suwannee RiverKeeper John Quarterman in which he refers to Our Santa Fe River and some of its board members. One might speculate on the reasons that our […]
Senator Keith Perry, DEP Secretary Noah Valenstein and Environmental Leaders Tour Critical Land Conservation Projects in the Suwannee Valley
The following press release touting Keith Perry as an environmentalist (NOT) refers to the land purchase which was the subject of our latest op-ed, “State Fails to Protect, Then Pays to Restore Springs.” Those currently […]
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