Marion County Commissioners Reject Ocala Ranch Comprehensive Plan Changes
Suwannee St. Johns Sierra Club Group For Immediate Release: July 18, 2017 Contact: Whitey Markle, Chair of the Suwannee St. Johns Sierra Club Group, 1-352-595-3012 Alisha […]
Marion County Surprise
Authorities in Marion County met yesterday July 18, 2017, for the third time to consider AZ Ocala Ranch, a mega-development southwest of Ocala near the Withlacoochee River. This matched perfectly the manufactured “rural community,” paradisical […]
Rising Seas
As the seas continue rising, Gatehouse Media will continue writing about with the authors below. This article appeared in the Gainesville Sun July 16, 2017. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like […]
Robert Knight: Joining Hands In Support of Springs
OSFR advisor Dr. Robert Knight has an article in today’s Gainesville Sun, July 16, 2017 about saving Florida’s springs. Please consider a dontation to the Florida Springs Council legal fund to help defend our […]
SRWMD Audit Finds Problems
As if the water management districts of Florida have not had enough criticism lately, more is added to the fire. The Miami Herald reports on financial problems stemming from a recent audit done at The […]
Marion Co.BOCC to Vote On Huge Water-User Ocala Ranch July 18 2017
Thanks to Sierra Club organizer Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, who provided this information and also the map, we are reminded that the Marion County Board of County Commissioners will meet on July 18 in Ocala to vote […]
JOIN US FOR 2017 SPRINGS FIELD SCHOOL
The following is from Florida Springs Institute 2017 Field School JOIN US FOR 2017 SPRINGS FIELD SCHOOL Four days of learning and exploration in The Ocala National Forest Sunday, August 20th – Wednesday, August 23rd […]
No Water No Farms No Food
The Ichetucknee Alliance just this week has come out with the new bumper sticker shown above. This is an addition and improvement which tells “the rest of the story” vis-a-vis the old half-truth sticker […]
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