Ocklawaha weeds In: William McQuilkin: Restoring the Ocklawaha River Makes Good Business Sense, Too | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

William McQuilkin: Restoring the Ocklawaha River Makes Good Business Sense, Too

One would have to dig deep into the barrel to find a good reason to overrule the legion of reasons to get rid of the Rodman Dam on the Ocklawaha.  The other necessary action to […]

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nikki fried In: Nikki Fried Promises to Get Tough on AG Businesses That Foul the Water | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Nikki Fried Promises to Get Tough on AG Businesses That Foul the Water

  We like Nikki Fried for several reasons, not the least is that she is by far the greenest member of our current brown, brown cabinet, and we commend her efforts to reduce polystyrene. Unfortunately, […]

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natgeographic In: Pollution and Overuse Threaten Florida’s Fragile Freshwater Springs | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Pollution and Overuse Threaten Florida’s Fragile Freshwater Springs

Mark Rains is dead wrong in his statement below–  the State has no intention of restoring our springs.  They plan to continue their current protocol which is a slow but sure death of our springs […]

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red tide NASA In: Polluted Waterways Force Tourists to Vacation Elsewhere | Our View | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Polluted Waterways Force Tourists to Vacation Elsewhere | Our View

The numbers prove that the policies of Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis are failures, since they promote business at the expense of all else.  And lately the “all else” part has been our water-related recreation. […]

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Unless Farming Methods Change Radically, Florida’s Springs and Rivers Are Doomed

See the original article with photos here in the Gainesville Sun.  It will appear in the hard copy Sunday, August 22, 2021. Unless farming methods change radically, Florida’s springs and rivers are doomed Jim Tatum Guest […]

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corruptpoliticianthomas nast2 In: Guest Opinion: Connecting the Dots for Restoring Florida’s Waters | Our Santa Fe River, Inc. (OSFR) | Protecting the Santa Fe River

Guest Opinion: Connecting the Dots for Restoring Florida’s Waters

Once again this is about Tallahassee taking away the citizens’ rights and the DEP as a destructive agency for our waters.  This is about the DEP very carefully avoiding hitting the sources of pollution and […]

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