In Florida, Should Nature Have Rights Like Humans?
This needs to happen in Florida because our current lack of leadership will not save us. The Tampa Bay Times does not provide a link to this article. Comments by OSFR historian Jim […]
Extremely Valuable and Running Low
Bob Knight explains our need for water in simple terms. What is happening is also simple: our state, instead of protecting our water, is allowing for-profit companies and agriculture to extract much more water from […]
Wellspring: Why some rural Florida families are forced to depend on bottled water
To make a start at cleaning the nitrate pollutants from the area’s rivers, we would have to reduce the current rate by about 80 percent. The State of Florida is not prepared to do […]
Deepening Our Spiritual Connection With Water
Positive thinking to promote protection and conservation. This explains part of our natural attraction to springs. This is something like gazing into a campfire; we are drawn to the fire as we are drawn to […]
A Better Plan For Cleaning up Springs
Unlike DEP, we’re honest about the scope of the problem and the seriousness of the measures that will have to be undertaken to reverse decades of manmade degradation. We surely expect more from the […]
And It Is Not Just the Rising Water On the Coast
Adding to the woes of rising seas at Florida’s coasts will be the influx of people moving from South Florida to the Springs Heartland, including along the Santa Fe River. These are people for […]
For the Truth About the Springs, Don’t Go to DEP
Yes, the State of Florida is killing off its unique treasure of iconic springs. They are doing this by allowing way, way too much fertilizer to be used in agriculture and by not closer […]
Crist and DeSantis On the Environment
I suppose it is helpful to see all the little facets exposed here by Craig Pittman, but if you have lived in Florida very long, it is abundantly clear which of these candidates cares more […]
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