Oil Drilling Ban Bill Still Strong
Support remains strong for this good bill. Read the original article here in Florida Phoenix. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought […]
No Progress In Plastics Recycling
In spite of the greenwash nonsense put out by the plastics people, recycling of plastics is not improving. In OSFR’s backyard, the Ginnie Springs water plant issues hundreds of millions of plastic one-use water bottles. […]
Bad Leaders Getting Worse
Not only does Florida fail to observe its laws protecting our waters and wastes huge amounts of money foolishly, now pending legislation may limit our right to act. We must do all we can to […]
Updated BMAPS: can we dial back the green?
BMAPS or Basin Management Action Plan is the Florida DEP’s response to the 2017 legislative requirement to reduce nitrates in our waters. High nitrate levels are harmful to our health, wildlife, fish, and livestock. High […]
Alligator Rise and Siphon
Alligator Rise is a Second Magnitude Spring in the Poe Springshed with a 15′ deep vent producing a prominent boil visible from the Columbia County boat ramp off of C.R. 27. If you happen to […]
Good Bills Going Through
OSFR has a long history of opposing fracking in Florida and other locales. Good bills to prevent this are going through the legislature. Read the original article here at WUFT News. Comments by OSFR historian […]
Our Leaders Have Failed Us
“These interviews and documents, which include thousands of pages of reports dating to the 1970s, showed the state failed to control pollutants for decades, allowing hundreds of Florida waterways to become dangerously polluted.” The sad […]
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