Community Help

Join Us for the Great River Cleanup on Sat. June 26

June 21, 2021 Advocacy, Events (Advocacy), Volunteering 1 Comment

OSFR board member Travis Smith of Trav Mav and Trail Trash Outdoors will be leading the cleanup this Saturday. It is a great time for this as the visibility of the water is […]

Merrillee Delivers Water Message in Lake City

October 30, 2020 State Government Threats, Volunteering 2 Comments

Former Lake City resident and history professor Dr. Christopher Esing organized a Women’s Suffrage event in Lake City in honor of the centennial celebration in this year of 2020. The October 3rd event began […]

Big River Cleanup Sat. Sept. 12 and Sunday Sept. 13

September 3, 2020 Advocacy, Events (Advocacy), Volunteering Leave a Comment

OSFR is teaming up with Current Problems and new player Trail Trash Outdoors to clean up the garbage that human slobs keep dumping into the Santa Fe River. Below is information that may be newer […]

Editorial: Local environment has a law firm as an advocate.

May 4, 2020 Federal Government Threats, Advocacy, THREATS, Miscellaneous, Water Quality Threats, Volunteering, Water Quality Threats - Wastewater Leave a Comment

Hats off to the Public Trust Environmental Legal Institute of Florida who is meeting a need for their area by generously donating their skills and resources. Citizens, corporations and even public agencies at times […]

Santa Fe River Clean-up. Sunday June 2, 2019

May 23, 2019 Advocacy, Ecology, Events (Advocacy), Water Quality Threats, Volunteering Leave a Comment

Show your love for the Santa Fe by coming to help with the clean-up. Organized by OSFR board member Rhonda Long, recent recipient of the legendary GOLDEN GRIPPER AWARD. Not just any organization can […]

Amigos Dive Center — Not Your Average Dive Shop, Not Your Average Man

February 8, 2019 Advocacy, Conservation, Education, Volunteering Leave a Comment

Congrats to Robert Bridges and the Lake City Reporter for the excellent article on Amigos Dive Center in the latest Currents Magazine. And our appreciation goes to him for sending the pdfs with permission to […]

Alligator Lake Clean-up Sat. Jan. 19, 2019

January 18, 2019 Water Quality Threats, Action Alerts!, Environmental Threats, Advocacy, Ecology, Events (Advocacy), Volunteering Leave a Comment

Friends of the Ichetucknee is sponsoring a much-needed clean-up of the neglected lake. Please come and help out. Comments by OSFR historian Jim Tatum. -A river is like a life: once taken, it cannot […]

Education is Prime

December 3, 2018 Events (Education), Volunteering 1 Comment

Rhonda Long works the booth in Gainesville on Sat. Our hard-working OSFR volunteers are out in the trenches, rain or shine, at the down-town Gainesville Art show, Saturday (wet) and Sunday. Thanks to Kristin […]

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