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Lori Berman Files Legislation to Improve Florida’s Water Quality

Although the article emphasizes lead in the water, the bill also includes the green algae which plague the Santa Fe River.  Algae proliferate due to  excess nitrates from fertilizer and septic tanks, exacerbated by  reduced […]

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Latest Projects From Your WMD

  The three bulleted items below are welcome items, although the North Florida Mega Industrial Park seems to have an uncertain futured at this time. The Dairy Farm Pollutant Pilot project continues the illogical and […]

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marlettemanateedeaths In: Federal Wildlife Officials Approve ‘Unprecedented’ Plan to Feed Florida’s Starving Manatees | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Federal Wildlife Officials Approve ‘Unprecedented’ Plan to Feed Florida’s Starving Manatees

      Read the original article with photos and graphs here at USA Today. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. jim.tatum@oursantaferiver.org – A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot be brought […]

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manateesfreeNOAH In: Feds Dragging Their Feet on a Plan to Feed Starving Florida Manatees | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Feds Dragging Their Feet on a Plan to Feed Starving Florida Manatees

  This is why I love the columns of Craig Pittman. A TV news station has the headline “Manatees are starving in Florida. Wildlife agencies are scrambling to save them,” |but Craig tells it like […]

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jacksonvillecreativecommonswiki In: Growing Pains: Florida’s Population Boom Is Impacting the State’s Waterways | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Growing Pains: Florida’s Population Boom Is Impacting the State’s Waterways

    Hardly news but worth repeating,  we will say again we know the sources but when we throw money at this problem, we make sure it misses the big polluters. Read the original article […]

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TTO PHOTO 1 In: Study contends Santa Fe continues to decline, and the water district allows it. | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Study contends Santa Fe continues to decline, and the water district allows it.

  Say what they may, the Suwannee River Water Management District has an “F” grade in protecting the Santa Fe River and  its springs.  It appears  they use models for theories when they have the […]

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