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...

Protecting our communities: Now is the time period to submit letters/emails to object or comment on this permit application.

On Tuesday February 24th in the House Commerce Committee an amendment was quickly and unexpectedly added into HB 1451 Utility Service, that could overturn the will of voters in Gainesville over control of the Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU)...

The stakes are high, and the moment is now. If you’ve been waiting to step up, this is your invitation. Get involved, bring a friend, and help turn concern into impact.