Water-Friendly Agriculture
Sunday’s Gainesville Sun carried an article by Dr. Robert Ulanowicz dealing with water and agriculture in Florida. He calls for an end to most new large-scale withdrawals, and to the free water now enjoyed by […]
Industrialized Farming Diminishes Springs
The Gainesville Sun has run a column today by OSFR advisor Robert Knight describing how industrialized farming using huge quantities of water and nitrogen ferlizer has damaged our springs, rivers and aquifer. Continue reading […]
Is Our Aquifer Limitless? Some Water Managers Think So.
Who should be concerned about our aquifer? Ron Cunningham thinks we all should, if those paid to do so are not doing it, and they are not. He writes about the Floridan aquifer today, Sun. Nov. […]
Proven Environmentalist Criticizes Agricultural Commissioner
The following article in today’s (Nov. 15, 2015) Gainesville Sun is by a proven environmentalist who has made his mark in both Washington and Florida. Read the original article at this link, or continue here: […]
State Officials Sued (Again) for Misusing Amendment 1 Funds
Florida Defenders of the Environment is suing state agencies to block their spending of what they believe are misappropriated funds from Amendment 1. The article by Christopher Curry was published in the Gainesville Sun on […]
OSFR Speaks Against Weak Water Bill
The Senate subcommittee today passed unanimously a bill purporting to protect the Florida springs. Sen. Charlie Dean’s bill was opposed by environmental groups seeking to protect our waters. That the bill was supported by the […]
Politics Predominates in our Water Management Disricts
Water management (or lack thereof) is in the news again today, as the Gainesville Sun writes about the tight control Tallahassee has over the way our water resources are monitored. Nathan Crabbe’s editorial “Averting a […]
Gainesville Sun Applauds EPA’s Recommendation for FERC Regarding Pipeline
Workers install pipes as part of a natural gas pipeline project in Martin County in 2013. Jennifer Podis/The Palm Beach Post Nathan Crabbe has an editorial in the Nov. 2, 2015 Gainesville Sun where he […]
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