Dealing with garbage from the phosphate industry-

May 9, 2019 Environmental Threats, THREATS, State Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Mining 2 Comments

Photo by Jim Tatum The following appeared in the Alachua-High Springs-Newberry Observer, vol. 17, no. 3, May 2019 Dealing with garbage from the phosphate industry The phosphate industry loves to tell us we need them […]

Bradford Meeting Monitored

May 6, 2019 Environmental Threats, THREATS, State Government Threats, County Government Threats, Environmental Threats - Mining Leave a Comment

Routine business at Bradford Co. this morning, May 6, 2019, with no news from the mine application. Present to witness any news were mine opponents Kate Ellison, Tom Germano, Paul and Cathy Still and your […]

Ken Cornell speaks to Sierra Club

May 4, 2019 Advocacy, Events (Advocacy), County Government Solutions, Miscellaneous, Events (Education), Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) 4 Comments

Featured speaker at the Suwannee St. Johns Group Sierra Club on Thursday, May 2, 2019 was Alachua Co. Commissioner Ken Cornell, who drew a large crowd. His topics were environmentally related and included […]

Alachua Co. Update With Commissioner Ken Cornell

April 25, 2019 Advocacy, Events (Advocacy), Events (Education), Water Quality Threats - Urban Fertilizers, County Government Solutions 1 Comment

Alachua County Commissioner Ken Cornell will speak on environmental issues at this meeting sponsored by the Suwannee St. Johns Group Sierra Club.

Starke and Lawtey Get No-Mine Signs

March 6, 2019 Environmental Threats, THREATS, Events (Advocacy), Local Government Solutions, Environmental Threats - Mining, Volunteering Leave a Comment

Thanks to some concerned citizens in Bradford County, we now have a sign in beautiful downtown Lawtey, right at the single stop light on US Hwy 301, and one at the Starke City dump, where […]

Rebuttal to Mosaic Propaganda

February 7, 2019 Miscellaneous, Environmental Threats, THREATS, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) Leave a Comment

Andy Mele, Suncoast Waterkeeper and active opponent of phosphate mining, has written a rebuttal to Mosaic’s representative Russell Schweiss who had two recent articles in the Arcadian which painted a rosy, but misleading picture of […]

Waterkeepers Florida signs Resolution Against Phosphate Mines in Florida 2018-12-19

January 2, 2019 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) 2 Comments

Thanks to John Quarterman and Waterkeepers Florida for this latest Resolution against the Phosphate mine threat in Bradford and Union counties. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, […]

Union County Has Two New Commissioners

November 20, 2018 Environmental Threats, THREATS, County Government Solutions, Environmental Threats - Mining 5 Comments

On Monday night in Lake Butler new commissioners Lacey Cannon and Channing Dobbs began their new terms, and current chair Karen Cossey was re-elected to lead the board. Newcomer Channing Dobbs was elected vice-chair. […]

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Dealing with garbage from the phosphate industry-

Bradford Meeting Monitored

Ken Cornell speaks to Sierra Club

Alachua Co. Update With Commissioner Ken Cornell

Starke and Lawtey Get No-Mine Signs

Rebuttal to Mosaic Propaganda

Waterkeepers Florida signs Resolution Against Phosphate Mines in Florida 2018-12-19

Union County Has Two New Commissioners

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