Judge rules on Nestle Permit
The following statement explains recent happenings on the Seven Springs/Nestle permit. The judge’s document (about 44 pages) can be seen here at this link. DATE: January 21, 2021 FROM: Michael Roth, President of […]
Columbia County’s Legislative Delegation Gets a Visual: Bottled Water Is Also About the Bottles
OSFR’s board member Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson got her message across very effectively at the annual Delegation meeting Tues. Jan. 19, 2021 in Lake City. She wore a large collection of plastic water bottles made by Nestle […]
Tallahassee Overview
The Florida Springs Council gives us a handy overview of what is happening in the new Legislative session which may affect springs and our environment. We love the proposed tax on bottled water (SB […]
Send a postcard to the water district
We need your help! Write a postcard now, to Suwannee River Water Management District: SRWMD Board Members 9225 CR 49 Live Oak, FL 32060 Tell them to vote “NO” to the Seven Springs Water […]
IFAS Webinar on Restoring Florida Springs
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Unforeseen problems with water transfer
It is not surprising that water scientists ran into unforeseen difficulties when trying to outwit Mother Nature, moving water from here to there with pipes, in ways she never intended. We have said before that […]
Lawsuit Launched to Secure Critical Habitat for Florida Freshwater Mussel
We remember the surprise we felt when we first heard the concept of suing a state or federal agency for not doing its job. That naivete has long since departed, but it is still […]
Water plan stalls in Columbia County
A Department of Transportation toll road meeting shows a lot of plastic going into the soil. Kudos to Kent Wimmer for helping save the environment — shame on all the others. Photo by Jim Tatum […]
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