Amendment 1 and Blue Springs
In the Gainesville Sun today Nathan Crabbe has comments on the legislators and their misuse of Amendment 1 funds. Our lawmakers continue to disregard the will of the people of Florida. Read this at this link […]
An Overdrawn Water Budget, Aquifer Decline, and the Possibility of Fracking in Florida
OSFR applauds the action of the Ichetucknee Alliance board as outlined in the following article. On June 25, 2015 at 09:05AM, at Ichetucknee Alliance published the following article: Ichetucknee Alliance Position Paper June 2015 The […]
Reminder for OSFR Annual Membership Meeting, Friday June 26 2015
Come to Rum 138 on Friday at 6:30 for our reception, enjoy our food and fellowship, and then attend the membership meeting immediately following. If you are not a member, come out, talk to us, learn […]
Voters Dissatisfied With Legislative Leaders
Christopher Curry has written a comprehensive article on how the fate of Amendment 1 has played out in Tallahassee. See the link here in the Gainesville Sun or continue reading for a re-publishing here. Unhappy […]
Florida Water Management Lacks Leadership
“If there was ever a time for bold leadership in water management, it is now. But bold leadership in Florida water management is not in evidence today. … Currently , this leadership is lacking,” says […]
Setting the Record Straight on Scott
Editorial Page Editor Nathan Crabbe of the Gainesville Sun has written an article dealing with criticism that he has received from his writings. Most of the examples he gives deal with environmental protection, water management, land conservation, springs […]
OSFR Pres. Malwitz-Jipson quoted in Sun Article on Nitrates Pollution
DEP regulations are such that they allow dairymen to put about 19 million pounds of nitrates into the ground yearly in the Middle Suwannee, Lower Suwannee and Santa Fe basins. As a partial result, both rivers […]
Declining Aquifers Around the World – Yes, We Are Included
This scary article appeared recently in Vox Energy and Environment. Note the the Santa Fe River is in a downward-spiral aquifer, thanks to our water managers, and our DEP. Note the High Plains Aquifer is rising, […]
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