Something powerful happens when people realize they are not powerless.That is the story of Spare-a-Bear, Bag-a-Tag.What began as a simple idea,   - enter Florida’s bear-hunt lottery, win a permit, and use it to spare rather than kill a...

Sabal Trail is a massive interstate natural-gas pipeline system owned by Enbridge, NextEra Energy and Duke Energy. Now, nearly a decade after the original fight over the pipeline, landowners across Alabama, Georgia and Florida are receiving notices...

On October 5, the City of Alachua Commission will consider Ordinance 26-17, imposing a temporary moratorium on data centers, large-scale data centers and large-load facilities.Sierra Club, along with many others, strongly support the pause. But...

 25% More Bear Permits. Still No Current Count.Florida’s black bears are already under pressure from drought, extreme heat, disappearing habitat and deadly roads. Yet Florida is expanding the 2026 bear hunt.FWC has announced 215 permits for...

The City of Alachua is updating its Comprehensive Plan, and new language would allow data centers on Industrial land.That may sound technical, but the meaning is simple: the City is creating a legal pathway for data centers.The draft says future...

Marion County residents prepare to protect their natural resources.

If you have ever wondered how a tree farm becomes a big-box shopping center and 203-home subdivision, the answer is apparently: one marathon meeting at a time.After roughly ten hours of testimony - continuing proceedings that began June 22 - the...

There are public meetings, and then there are public meetings that begin to feel like a civic endurance sport. The Farmlands rezoning hearings have been the latter: long, tangled, technical, and at times so bewildering that one half-expects Scooby-...

Many people have heard that the Water First North Florida (WFNF) project is "dead." Unfortunately, that's not the case.The proposal has been deferred, not defeated. While it has been paused because of current drought conditions and shifting...

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-...