The Orlando Sentinel on June 5, 2017, has run this important article by Cris Costello about the dangers of lawn fertilizers, especially during rainy periods. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like […]
Policy Director Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson Makes Career Change Some posts are easy to write and some are difficult. This one is the most difficult that we have done, as it narrates a fundamental and indelible change […]
The authors in the article below (Gainesville Sun, June 4 2017) suggest that better control of fertilizer will solve the pollution problem without resorting to using less. We hope this is the case, but if […]
The U.S. oil glut continues, bolstering the arguments made by many environmentalists that Sabal Trail is unnecessary to serve Florida, and will result in fracked gas products to be exported, thus undercutting all the so-called […]
Members of OSFR gathered this evening, June 2, 2017 for a social hour of friendship and fellowship before joining ranks to elect the board members of the directors and advisors. The slate of officers remains […]
It is bad enough when some corporation or industry contributes to the destruction of our water resources, but it seems especially egregious when the guilty party is the very agency charged with protecting us. We […]
FERC has already been described as a “rubber stamp” for the petroleum industry. In the article below, we see that it is obviously a total sham which fools no one at all, just a waste […]
In the Lake City Reporter, May 31, 2017, we see that Rum Island Park will not likely get much-needed restrooms any time soon. Just this past weekend the park was closed to vehicles because […]
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