Water Use Catch Shares?

June 19, 2014 Conservation Leave a Comment

On June 19, 2014 at 06:49PM, Tom at Watery Foundation published the following article: Maybe you don’t like the wacky idea of a “water efficiency ratchet” in my last post. Another even wackier idea (and I […]

OSFR President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson and John Jopling, President of Ichetucknee Alliance Interviewed by Sun

June 18, 2014 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Minimum Flows & Levels (MFLs) (set by DEP), State Government Threats, Miscellaneous, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Publications (letters, opinion pieces) Leave a Comment

Gainesville Sun reporter Chris Curry interviewed John Jopling, president of the Ichetucknee Alliance, and Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, president of Our Santa Fe River, about the groups’ current challenges to the Ichetucknee MFLs and a large consumptive […]

High School Students Gain Experience With SRWMD Grants

June 12, 2014 Conservation, SOLUTIONS, Education, State Government Solutions Leave a Comment

LIVE OAK, FL, June 12, 2014 – The Suwannee River Water Management District (District) recently allocated $10,000 in grants to five high school projects and initiatives that encouraged water conservation, efficient irrigation management, or implemented […]

OSFR President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson Publishes OP Ed in Today’s Gainesville Sun

June 8, 2014 Federal Government Solutions, State Government Solutions, Miscellaneous, Environmental Threats - Pipelines, Publications (letters, opinion pieces) Leave a Comment

Sunday, June 8, 2014 OSFR President Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson, along with board member Jim Tatum, wrote today, in a special to the Sun, “Where will the gas go?” dealing with the […]

SRWMD Land Purchase Will Benefit Water Resources

April 21, 2014 Environmental Threats, Conservation, Land Purchases, State Government Solutions, Miscellaneous Leave a Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Vanessa Fultz, Office of Communications Suwannee River Water Management District 386.362.1001 or 800.226.1066 (FL) www.mysuwanneeriver.com LIVE OAK, FL, April 21, 2014 The Suwannee River Water Management District (District) in partnership with […]

The Even Bigger Wealth Effect

April 9, 2014 Conservation, Miscellaneous Leave a Comment

As I noted last Monday, higher income households tend to use more water, apply more fertilizer, etc. That is significant by itself but wealth and income patterns have even more profound effects on water (especially because of the state’s high … Continue reading →

2013 Singer/Songwriter Contest Videos

October 28, 2013 Conservation, Advocacy, Education, Ecology, Events (Advocacy), Events (Education), Films & Videos, Volunteering 1 Comment

For those of you that weren’t there, or just want to relive the songs you heard, here are the videos, produced by Digitel Video, of each of the contestants of the 2013 Our Santa Fe […]

The winners of Our Santa Fe River’s 4th Annual Singer/Songwriter Contest are…

October 7, 2013 Advocacy, Conservation, Education, Ecology, Events (Advocacy), Events (Education), Volunteering 5 Comments

Congratulations to our 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place winners! 1st Place, Michael Loveday, “Drift Away” 2nd Place, Kevin Wayne Sullivan, “Santa Fe Blues” 3rd Place, Bo Page, “We All Own The River” This year’s musical […]

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