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Some Information About the Rights of Nature Movement, Part One

by David Moritz Chairman, Alachua County Environmental Protection Advisory Committee April 2019 These articles were originally posted on David’s Facebook page. We think they deserve a wider audience. They have been very lightly edited and are reprinted with permission. ONE This is what is happening in Toledo, Ohio, where a grassroots effort by Toledo citizens …

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Ichetucknee Alliance Comments on State Park’s New Management Plan

On July 13, 2017, the Ichetucknee Alliance sent comments about the new unit management plan for Ichetucknee Springs State Park to the Acquisition and Restoration Council of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. To read the Alliance’s letter, click here. As you read the letter, remember that the Alliance’s stated mission is to restore, protect …

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Our New Bumper Sticker: Why “No Water No Farms No Food”?

“No Water No Farms No Food” is the more complete message because it restores water to its primary place of importance—to our farmers, to our springs, to ourselves, to our economy. (Scroll down to read more.) Maybe you’ve seen them while you’re driving, those bumper stickers that say “No Farms No Food.” I doubt anyone would …

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We Need Your Help for Our Challenge to the North Florida Regional Water Supply Plan

Earlier this year, the Alliance filed a legal challenge to the new North Florida Regional Water Supply Plan on behalf of the Ichetucknee River System. We took this action because we believed the plan was required to include an effective restoration strategy for the river and springs, which it failed to do. Unfortunately, both the St. Johns River and …

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A Picture Report of the Ichetucknee in May 2017

by John Moran   Editor’s Note:  Gainesville photographer, writer, springs advocate and Lifetime Ichetucknee Alliance member John Moran visits the Ichetucknee every year on his birthday. This year (2017), he graciously agreed to share this series of his birthday trip photos. Thanks, John! This picture report begins with a few underwater pictures shot in the …

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Statement by IA Advisory Board Member Bob Ulanowicz to the League of Women Voters in Orlando

An inevitable Tragedy of the Commons occurs when a necessary resource becomes available free of cost to a community. Ladies & Gentlemen, this tragedy is unfolding as I speak – right beneath our feet! Most in this room pay a delivery fee to an urban utility for their water. But the gross majority of water …

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