Daily Archives: March 3, 2017

Georgia Legislature fails to advance pollution disclosure bill.

Please call your Georgia Legislators now and let them know that you want our rivers to be safe and clean. Let them know that pollutants do not belong in our rivers. The Natural Resources sub-committee failed to pass two different bills out of committee yesterday. Let them know that you care about what happens to pollutants and that our rivers should be protected. Today is cross-over day. Time is running out.

WWALS is a Georgia Water Coalition member. You can read the Georgia Water Coalition’s press release here.

Your voice makes a difference.

Thanks,

   –gretchen

Ask Florida governor to intervene about Valdosta wastewater –Suwannee BOCC 2017-02-21

The Suwannee County BOCC resolution is even more explicit than the Hamilton County one.

Thanks to Eric Musgrove, Clerk, Suwannee BOCC, for the PDF.

RESOLUTION 2017-26

A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF SUWANNEE COUNTY, FLORIDA REQUESTING THE PROTECTION OF THE HISTORIC SUWANNEE RIVER IN NORTH FLORIDA.

REQUESTING THE PROTECTION OF THE HISTORIC SUWANNEE RIVER IN NORTH FLORIDA WHEREAS, Suwannee County is located in North Central Florida and is bordered for 100 miles by the Historic Suwannee River on its north, west and south sides; and

WHEREAS. the Historic Suwannee River is one of the most widely known and recognized river system in the world; and

WHEREAS, the Withlacoochee River (North) begins at its headwaters in South Georgia, and flows into the Historic Suwannee River at Suwannee County’s northwestern border area; and

WHEREAS, Suwannee County and each Continue reading →