Mitigation Rarely Works
Mitigation is a device/crutch devised by people who want to break the rules and get away with something they should not be allowed to do. This makes it “legal” for the environmental agency which wants […]
5 Big Threats to Rivers
Well, fortunately, we do not yet have a dam on the Santa Fe River, nor even the Suwannee. We do, however, have the other four threats outlined below. Both these rivers are located in […]
Things May Be Bigger In Texas But Not Always Better
Pilgrims’s Pride does its damage in Florida also. For decades it has been dumping effluent into the Suwannee River north of Live Oak. They were successfully sued by environmental groups and fined in 2017, but […]
Florida Considers Seasonal Protections For Manatees
Florida will do just about anything to protect the manatee except what needs to be done. Scientists know that what needs to be done is to reduce nutrients in the water by controlling agriculture, urban […]
Piney Point Toxic Water Goes Into Tampa Bay With DEP Blessing.
Thanks to the incompetence and lobbyist-controlled Tallahassee non-leadership, more toxic water from the uncontrolled phosphate industry is going into Tampa Bay. Rather than restore and protect Tampa Bay, the DEP allows it to be used […]
Help Document North Central Florida’s Manatees
For many years the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department has been a role model for other counties and we salute their wisdom and foresight. Given that our shameless state has decided to forego the manatees’ […]
Officials: Starvation Threat Not Over for Florida Manatees
The solution to this problem is known to our water decision-makers: fewer nutrients entering our waters. Most nutrients come from too much fertilizer, both urban and agricultural, and from too septic tanks. Some money is […]
Dangerous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Florida Oysters: Study
We are slowly poisoning our food and water throughout the planet. Our EPA is reacting but not nearly fast enough. Read the original article with photos here in Newsweek. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. […]
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