Hooray for Orange County!
Great news from Orange County about more protection for the all-important wetlands. This in spite of those who would destroy them for personal profit. Environmental groups such as the Sierra Club and St Johns […]
Great news from Orange County about more protection for the all-important wetlands. This in spite of those who would destroy them for personal profit. Environmental groups such as the Sierra Club and St Johns […]
Sometimes local leadership identifies a need and takes the initiative and acts. Such is the laudable case at hand when the Miami-Dade County Commission tackled the problem of septic tanks by forcing change. Unfortunately, with […]
Orange County, like Alachua County, has several good things going for it as a model for environmental protections. Not the least of these are the elected representatives they send to Tallahassee [read Eskamani, Soto, etc.] […]
OSFR is happy to see money well-spent on converting septic tanks to sewers. Statewide, septics contribute approximate 12% of nitrate pollution while agriculture contributes over 70 percent. In Citrus County in the Homosassa/Chassahowitzka basin it […]
Septic to Sewer is a route we must go. Hats off to a local government for taking action here. Our State of Florida also does this but their commendable action is far over-shadowed by the […]
Good news from Bradford County that HPS II has withdrawn the application to mine in the county. The following is the news from the FaceBook page of the Bradford County Telegraph, which covers all […]
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’ […]
Alachua County continues to provide leadership and foresight in conservation and planning for the future. We commend the City of Gainesville for the purchase of the land. The Gainesville Sun does not provide a […]
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