Activists clash with FDEP over springs regulations
Florida’s freshwater springs overflow with life, combining rich biodiversity with community recreation. Yet, springs activists argue a once-pristine environment is at risk of being ruined.
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Florida’s freshwater springs overflow with life, combining rich biodiversity with community recreation. Yet, springs activists argue a once-pristine environment is at risk of being ruined.
It’s just after dawn, and the woods are drowsily still. The sunlight filters through the trees, and the croon of the mourning dove gently shakes the world awake. There’s movement in the tall grass up ahead. With a breath and a bang, Missie Schneider has her dinner.
National animal rights group Stop Animal Exploitation NOW! sent a letter to UF President Ben Sasse condemning several university animal experiments.
A UF veterinary clinical trial resulted in the death of two dog subjects.
Florida is the flattest state in the nation, yet hills line most of its major roadways. Hills made of brown banana peels, old iPhone chargers and stained mattresses.
With its abundance of historic natural resources, Alachua County is no stranger to climate and environmental activism.
After nearly four hours of passionate public debate and multiple reminders for the audience to remain respectful, the Alachua County Board of Commissioners voted 4-1 to advance plans for a meat processing facility in Newberry.
In a time when political agreement has become more of an idea than a reality, Alachua County’s proposed meat processing facility has proven an unlikely unifier.
To end the opening practice of the Fall semester for UF’s fencing club team, Nicholas Van Nimwigen remembers how Bruce Capin sat his group down in a circle and repeated his lifelong advice.
When Sofia Aguirre first got to UF, she experienced a revolution.
Entering the first media timeout of the Florida Gators’ matchup against the No. 5 Connecticut Huskies Wednesday night, head coach Todd Golden and the Gators were down just 7-5 and had been trading leads with an undefeated UConn.
Mary Wise had a dilemma.
Candidates Ed Book and Casey Willits won the District 2 and 3 City Commission races, respectively.
Florida’s local and statewide races brought Gainesville voters to the polls in full force this Election Day.
With the need for reusable menstrual products rapidly increasing comes the opening of a new and improved Days for Girls sewing center.
Tennessee sophomore outside hitter Erykah Lovett wound back her arms for a spike in an attempt to keep the Lady Vols alive at home. To no avail, the ball sailed far right of junior libero Elli McKissick and out of bounds, clinching the Gators’ road victory.
When Tristen Ladika heard Hurricane Ian was going to hit Gainesville, she jumped into her red Prius and drove three and a half hours and more than 230 miles home to Jupiter, Florida.
Gainesville’s new zero-waste ordinance, which went into effect Sept. 2, will continue to alter community relations with polluting single-use products.
District 1 County Commissioner Raemi Eagle-Glenn discussed overcrowding at the county animal shelter in her first community meeting seven hours after she took the oath of office last Tuesday.
Christine Fuston found comfort in her own skin when she saw her reflection in Goldenrod Parlor’s mirror. She traded her long hair for the style she always dreamed of: a pixie cut.