noswimmingpubdomaine In: ‘It Can Be Very Patchy’: Scientists Work to Map Healthy Beaches to Help Beachgoers Avoid Red Tide | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

‘It Can Be Very Patchy’: Scientists Work to Map Healthy Beaches to Help Beachgoers Avoid Red Tide

  Well, we are past the tipping point because now if we want to spend the day in the water, instead of checking to see if some beach is closed, instead we must see which […]

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Charlie Crist 115th Congress photo In: Crist Unveils Clean Water Plan That Calls for Tougher Regulations on Pollution-- | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Crist Unveils Clean Water Plan That Calls for Tougher Regulations on Pollution–

  Crist may be the first of the new gubernatorial candidates to push the environment as a platform plank, but certainly not the last.  Finally the environment has become a  must-do item, but campaign promises […]

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Fried me dem rally In: Agriculture Commission Pushes For Red Tide Emergency Declaration-- | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Agriculture Commission Pushes For Red Tide Emergency Declaration–

  Our water is out of control.  Beaches closed, drinking water contaminated and sewage is going into our rivers.  Are we not yet concerned enough to begin to fix it? We have the way but […]

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Desantis as ‘Green Governor’? More Like ‘Blue-Green Algae Governor’–

Mr. Webber has told the truth.  We could add that it is not just Mr. DeSantis who  is blue-green, his policies are hurled downward and made those of the Department of Environmental Protection and the […]

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Pilgrims Pride 1 In: Part of Our Problem: We Don't Know Who the Environmentalists Are. | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Part of Our Problem: We Don’t Know Who the Environmentalists Are.

  This article exposes part our problem that we have in Florida regarding water.  People recognize our red tide and green algae issues because they are visible and smelly.  The slow death of our springs […]

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Florida’s air quality is great — just don’t inhale the algae bloom poison–

Craig Pittman rightly blames DeSantis for not addressing the sources of blue-green algae, which we are discovering to be more and more dangerous to human health. Florida’s number one income source, tourism, is set to […]

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