River or Reservoir?
Alan Youngblood/Star-Banner Timothy Poole waits for fish to take the bait just below the Kirkpatrick Dam at the Rodman Reservoir recreation area February 20, 2009. Poole has been fishing the area for 30 years. The […]
Groveland Stands Alone against Niagara Water Permit in Lake County
Groveland stands alone against Niagara water permit in Lake County By Stephen Hudak | Sentinel Staff Writer TAVARES – County commissioners decided this week that Lake could not afford to continue its legal battle against Niagara Bottling. […]
Possible Sales Tax on Bottled Water
Water bottlers warm to sales tax, oppose governor’s plan Lobbyists for the bottled water industry are offering an olive branch in the impending tax fight over their product: a sales tax. They’re agreeing to let […]
Demonstration to Save the Aquifer
March 4, 2009 Dear friends of the Floridan aquifer, A great big thank you to everyone who attended the “Keep Sewage Out” demonstration at Rockledge City Hall this past Wednesday. More than 50 residents of […]
Unlimited Turtle Harvesting on Santa Fe May End
Harvesting freshwater turtles is seen on Santa Fe River, across state By Rachael Anne Ryals Herald Staff Writer One slip of the flipper and turtles perched on fallen logs on the Santa Fe River, warming […]
Meeting to Oppose Pipeline in Lake County
Pipeline Please Forward To Your Lists and Friends. We need your help on Tuesday 2/24 at the County Commission Meeting. Below is an Excellent column in today’s Orlando Sentinel by Lauren Ritchie…Folks, this is one […]
Suwannee River Basin Pilot Study on Monitoring Water Quality
USGS Fact Sheet 080-96 Katz, B.G., and DeHan, R.S., 1996, The Suwannee River basin pilot study: Issues for watershed management in Florida: Fact Sheet FS-080-96, 4 p. ABSTRACT: In most watersheds (river basins) in Florida […]
OSFR Meeting for Springs Protection Legislation
Hello Everyone, We’ve been told that the SRWMD will begin the process of revocation, this month, on the CUP (water bottling permit) from Blue Springs Properties. The next SRWMD Board meeting on Tuesday, March 10 […]
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