A Visit With Charles Shinn of Florida Farm Bureau Federation

March 28, 2018 Water Quality Threats, Water Quality Threats - Agricultural Fertilizers, Education, Events (Education), Water Quality Threats - Intensive Livestock Farming (CAFOs), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) 3 Comments

Special guest at the OSFR board meeting on March 27 was Mr. Charles Shinn III, Director of Government and Community Affairs of the Florida Farm Bureau Federation. Mr. Shinn comes from a many-generation Florida family of […]

Villages Environmental Discussions Group Hosts Sierra Club Phosphate Talk

March 14, 2018 Environmental Threats, THREATS, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) 1 Comment

What do HPS II Enterprises, Oceana and the Sumter Sunshine Community Foundation have to do with each other? The answer is that they were all topics of Mary Hampton’s Villages Environmental Discussions Group at the […]

Woods Walk With Words

March 3, 2018 SOLUTIONS, Education, Events (Education), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering 2 Comments

Butterweed, Packera glabella Photo by Rhonda Long Today, March 3, 2018 the first of two scheduled plant hikes took place with a small but interested group who found the tour much to […]

Learn The Plant Names Along The Santa Fe

February 27, 2018 SOLUTIONS, Education, Events (Education), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Plant Hike a Riverside Hammock The Santa Fe River area contains the largest numbers of tree and shrub species per unit area in the continental U.S., with canopy so dense sunlight touches the […]

Blues & Cruise — How Much Better Can it Get?

February 25, 2018 SOLUTIONS, Education, Events (Education), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Blues Music and Canoe Cruise In One Afternoon Area residents and visitors are invited to join two local nonprofit organizations–Our Santa Fe River and the North Central Florida Blues Society–for an relaxing paddle and […]

Don’t Miss the Floodplain Plant Hike! Get Your Tickets Now!

February 23, 2018 Education, Events (Education), Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) Leave a Comment

Plant Hike To Explore the Floodplain Forest and Swamp The woods surrounding the Santa Fe River are home to a highly diverse plant kingdom. On Saturday, March 3, as part of RiverFest 2018, Colette Jacono, […]

Great News! Planning Commission Just Says NO to CEMEX!

February 13, 2018 Water Quality Threats, THREATS, Environmental Threats, County Government Threats, Water Quantity Threats - Withdrawal Permits (under WMDs), Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) Leave a Comment

Maxine Connor of the Citrus County League of Women Voters has sent the following great news, from Neighbors Against Mining. If you go to this link, you will see that the residents opposing […]

Public Questions PCS at Public Hearings in Jasper

January 25, 2018 THREATS, Environmental Threats, Events (Education), Environmental Threats - Mining, Presentations (speaking, PowerPoint, forums) Leave a Comment

Thanks to John Quarterman and Deanna and Chris Mericle for attending this meeting and asking these questions. My guess is that PCS (excuse me, Nutrien) is not used to the public asking questions about their […]

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