In case you have not heard, the University of Florida is proposing to clear-cut an entire forest on its campus, and the Sierra Club Suwannee-St. Johns Group is asking community members to help protect this important ecosystem.Graham Woods is a 7.5-...

May 2026 Newsletter SSJ Sierra Club

The hydrological report from the Suwannee River Water Management District states that we are at a 20” rainfall deficit. As we enter our prime growing season, more water will be used by agriculture. The majority of North Florida is...

Starke, Bradford County, Fla. — April 16, 2026 — Strong community opposition helped halt progress on Agenda Item 5A at last evening’s Bradford County Commission meeting, as commissioners declined to advance a motion to move forward with leasing the...

April 2026 Newsletter SSJ Sierra Club

We need to find ways to recharge the aquifer in order to meet our future water needs and meet the Minimum Flow Standards (MFL) on the Lower Santa Fe River and Ichetucknee Rivers. Conversely, the St. Johns Water Management District (SJWMD), has a...

The Tomoko Hills golf course lies within a karst landscape, where water moves quickly through limestone into the Floridan Aquifer. The site is also within the Mill Creek Sink watershed, a known pathway connecting surface water directly to the...

The next Bradford County commission meetings will be held on April 7th at 9:30am and April 17th at 6:30pm at the county courthouse. On May 2nd, the coalition opposing the facility is hosting a Community Workshop on ICE Detention Center at the...

Your phone calls and emails have worked before - they will work again if you MAKE THE CALLS

Dear Members of the Planning & Zoning Board,I am writing to respectfully request that you carefully consider and adopt the environmental safeguards previously recommended by the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department (EPD) in your...