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Update on the Tomoko Golf Course within City of Alachua near the Mill Creek Sink
March 29, 2026
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...
Bradford County Considers Ice Detention Center in Old Warehouse
March 29, 2026
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...
Action Alert: Stop GRU Referendum Reversal
March 7, 2026
Your phone calls and emails have worked before - they will work again if you MAKE THE CALLS
Time to Change Course on Tomoka Hills (not just a name change)
March 4, 2026
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...
CALL TO ACTION- SEND LETTERS/EMAILS TO CLOSE THE LANDFILL before March 9th.
February 27, 2026
Protecting our communities: Now is the time period to submit letters/emails to object or comment on this permit application.
CALL TO ACTION- Local control of utility at risk
February 26, 2026
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)...
A word from our Chair
February 25, 2026
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.
Public Advisory Following Recent Fire in Dunnellon
February 20, 2026
Public Safety Advisory for residents affected by Dunnellon fire.
Protecting Florida Springs — 2025
January 31, 2026
A Year of Showing Up, Speaking Out, and Winning TogetherIn 2025, Protecting Florida Springs proved—again—that organized people can protect water, land, and wildlife, even in a tough political climate. This was a year of persistence, courage, and...
Starke Deserves Better: Residents Question 3,000-Bed ICE Internment Facility
January 31, 2026
A proposed 3,000-bed ICE internment facility is targeting Starke, Florida.Starke is a small town of 5,449 residents, located almost equidistant between Jacksonville, Lake City, and Gainesville. The site under consideration is a county-...