Jonesville Bike Ride on Feb. 8 We had a good crew of 7 experienced riders and started out at about 9:15, after our map check and safety talk. The morning was very chilly but by the turnaround point it had warmed up nicely. The main part of our route was […]
Veterans for Peace, the Alachua County Labor Coalition and the United Faculty of Florida give the John A. Penrod Brigadas Award for Peace and Justice annually to an exceptional activist in memory of Spanish Civil War veteran Jack Penrod. This year, Jason Fults will receive the award on March 20th […]
Keynote Speaker Peggy McDonald, Author of Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of Florida’s Environment The Cultural Arts Coalition, SSJ Sierra Club, Association of Women in Science, Florida Defenders of the Environment (FDE), and Alachua Audubon Society are sponsoring an Earth Day luncheon and silent auction honoring Marjorie Carr on Wednesday, April […]
Construction on the Cross Florida Barge Canal was stopped in 1971 after strong environmental opposition. In 1995, orders were officially given for removal of the Rodman (now Kirkpatrick) Dam and restoration of the Ocklawaha River. The dam is still in place, impounding more than 15,000 acres of flooded forest and […]
Good news! On Tuesday February 10, 2015, the Alachua BOCC adopted a resolution to support a statewide legislation to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), acid fracturing and well stimulation treatments for oil and natural gas exploration. Using fracking in Florida, like anywhere else, could produce tremendous damage on […]
There was a “Town Hall†meeting in Palatka on February 9 featuring the local politicians and a representative from the Jacksonville/ Duval County Chamber of Commerce. A handful of environmentalists attended, but did not speak as the room was filled with venom. The group SAVE RODMAN was there en masse […]
After 20 years of not hunting for bears in Florida, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is considering lifting the ban. After travelling to Jacksonville and testifying on the behalf of the poor old black bears before the FWC, I was surprised to hear the radio blast that […]
