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-...

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...

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...