Gainesville Sun Opinion Editor Nathan Crabbe visits OSFR board at monthly board meeting, ironically on the very day he published an editorial recommending board member Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson as an appointee to the Suwannee River […]
Clockwise from center on ground, OSFR President Mike Roth, Jaime Bach, Suwannee St. Johns Sierra Club President Whitey Markle, your historian, unknown, Florida Springs Council Executive Director Ryan Smart, unknown. The aim of the protest […]
Here is an article in the Gainesville sun regarding the repairs at Poe Springs. County authorities are looking for a “soft opening” on May 17, anticipating somewhat the Memorial Day full opening. Check out the […]
One solution to save Gainesville from becoming a refugee center, says Mr. Cunningham, is to build Donald Trump’s notorious wall just south of Paynes Prairie. One of our favorite environmental columnists, Ron Cunningham, has published […]
Failing to limit groundwater pumping ensures our region’s depleted and polluted springs will only get worse.* Hats off to Nathan Crabbe and the Gainesville Sun for letting the people know that our water managers are […]
“It’s the biggest issue we have, but it’s not a crisis,” These words from a local politician reflect the mindset which is the very reason we most certainly do have a crisis, and that […]
Carlos Medina writes in the Gainesville Sun about mermaid and Florida springs. Read the entire article at this link. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]
Dr. Bob Palmer has published an opinion piece on line in the Gainesville Sun, Sept. 13, 2016, and it appeared today, Sept. 18, 2016 in the hard copy. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A […]
What does it take to convince people? Perhaps an earthquake shaking the ground from Illinois to Arizona. And a declared state of emergency by the governor of Oklahoma. Aside from potential aquifer poisoning, injecting […]
In the following article, published today Aug. 21, 2016 in the Gainesville Sun, Mr. Cheshire complains multiple times that no study nor need has been established to regulate stormwater. We can point instantly to not […]
Dr. Robert Knight has published an article in the Gainesville Sun, July 17, 2016, dealing with the recent water problems. Not really recent, these problems started long ago. And the current water authorities and legislators […]
In today’s Gainesville Sun, July 17, 2016, Lucinda Faulkner Merritt has published the following article, posing a question which indeed, we would like to see answered. Since our leaders’ failures are now becoming more and […]
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