17,800 Square Feet of Mangroves Brazenly Clearcut
It appears here that the mangroves were cut down likely to allow a view of the river, and that the one who ordered it considered the resultant fines simply a business expense. Jail time […]
DEP Will Explain How It Identifies Nutrient Sources For BMAPs
Thanks to Betty Johnson for the link to this DEP meeting. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought back © Jim Tatum […]
Learn About Phosphorus Here
We also have a huge dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi, caused by farm fertilizer all the way up to the Midwest. In Florida we are fighting blue-green algae and exacerbated red tides. […]
VOTEWATER DEEP DIVE: BIG AG’S BIG POLLUTION IS A BIG PROBLEM FOR FLORIDA
Recently, Adam Blalock, speaking to the Florida Legislature, presented the BMAPs as the DEP’s solution to Florida’s water problems. Anyone who has done minimal research knows that the DEP itself has admitted that they […]
A Victory For the Springs
BMAPs hearing in Tallahassee. Photo from Florida Springs Council. The Florida Springs Council has released the following news about a court challenge to the DEP BMAPs. The BMAPs are just another make-work job to keep […]
Bob Knight Addresses Legislative Subcommittee
. We were exceptionally happy to see that Bob Knight, Director of Florida Springs Institute and member of the OSFR Advisory Board was invited to present to the Florida Legislative House, Water Quality, Supply and […]
Nearly 12,000 acres protected from Mosaic
We are happy to see this occasion when our DEP does some good work with the money they receive from the state. Land purchase/lease and septic to sewer are two good things we get from […]
TMDLs Are a License to Pollute
This meeting is about Total Maximum Daily Loads of pollutants allowed in our waterways. Since this rule makes a certain quantity legal, it amounts to a license to pollute. Thus industry is happy because the […]
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