Our Santa Fe River, Inc. is a not-for-profit 501-(c)(3) organization incorporated in Florida on December 18, 2007. Our organization is composed of concerned citizens working to protect the waters and lands supporting the aquifer, springs and rivers within the watershed of the Santa Fe River by promoting public awareness pertaining to the ecology, quality, and quantity of the waters and lands immediately adjacent to and supporting the Santa Fe River, including its springs and underlying aquifer.

OSFR President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson Quoted In Gainesville Sun Featured Article, Wed. Dec. 31, 2014i

Cindy Swirko, staff writer of The Gainesville Sun, has written a featured article entitled “A Year of Protecting Rivers and Springs; Also a New State Forest” in today’s edition, December 31, 2014. In this article, […]

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OSFR Cited In Gainesville Sun Article Dealing With SRWMD’s New Wells

In an article by Christopher Curry in the Thursday, Nov 20, 2014  Gainesville Sun dealing with new monitoring wells to be installed by the Suwannee River Water Management District, comments by OSFR president Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson were […]

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Huge Miscalculations In Water Withdrawal Amounts

Thanks to Karen Chadwick for posting this news item on AQUIFERious.  The report was aired on Channel 9 of Orlando and is partially copied in below.  The ramifications of this report, if true, are immense. […]

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DEP Goes For Quick Fix In Attempt To Establish MinimumFlows For Rivers

Christopher Curry has authored an article in today’s Gainesville Sun (Nov. 12, 2014) outlining the action taken by the DEP to recover from their recent setback when Administrative Law Judge Bram Cantor ruled in September that their […]

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SWRMD Dr. Ann Shortelle Writes Guest Editorial About Springs Protection

In today’s Gainesville Sun, Dr. Ann Shortelle,  executive director of the Suwannee River Water Management District has written a rebuttle to an earlier editorial “Serious about springs,” in which she disputes certain statements and adds more […]

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