Special OSFR Board Meeting
OSFR will have a special guest at the next board meeting on March 27, 2018. Mr. Charles Shinn III, Director of Government and Community Affairs of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation has accepted an invitation […]
Risky Move: Canada Shipping More Tar Sands Oil by Rail
Gogama oil train derailment. CBC / YouTube Echo Watch has published the following article which appeared in DemogBlog. We came very close this year to banning fracking in our state. Our legislators are not yet free […]
A Few Crumbs Are Not Enough
“The people of Florida decided they wanted to spend some of their tax money to protect the remaining wild lands in Florida,” Jackalone said. “So it’s not a matter of should you do this […]
Fantastic Cruise Blues Paddle
A perfect day for the Blues Cruise, enjoyed by about 20 participants, who launched from the Hwy 27 bridge and floated down to the Lazy Turtle Lodge just below Lily Springs. There the lucky […]
OSFR Joins Current Problems For Creeks Cleanup
OSFR, along with Current Problems, recently took part in a trash pickup session on the Gainesville creeks. Slobs that some of us are, trash continually goes into the water and some good people, like […]
Drilling Permit Application backlog Reaches 10,000 — Just Change The Rules
“If a rig’s scheduled, you might as well put them to work,” Hinchey said. “It certainly helps the state if they are doing that, not to mention the counties where they are drilling. That’s […]
The Bradford Commissioners Hear It Once More
The Bradford County commissioners met at their regular time on Thursday March 15. The mine was not on the agenda, but two people spoke against the mine, reminding the leaders of that county that the […]
Legislators Give The OK to Dump Sewage Into Drinking-Water Aquifers
The water scientists who assure us that injecting sewage into our drinking-water aquifer is safe are touting “shaky science” and they are guessing. They do not know the long-term effects of their theories. The […]
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