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Save Our Suwannee, Inc.
What We Do:
Save Our Suwannee’s board members and volunteers spend their energy trying to keep up with the rapid changes going on throughout the watershed. To do this we:
- Attend and participate in Suwannee River Water Management District Board Meetings and Workshops
- Attend Commission and Council meetings in towns and counties in the watershed
- Monitor local newspapers and media for upcoming projects
- Work with other environmental advocacy groups on regional issues
- Work with the Florida Springs Initiative, Columbia County School Board and other agencies to further our educational goals
- Hold programs regarding local issues at our General Meetings
- Offer programs about the Suwannee and its tributaries to local clubs and groups
- Issue Press Releases to local media on issues relating to water quality and quantity
- Provide an interface to educational materials from Federal and State Agencies on our website
- Provide our monthly newsletter to our members
- Appeal wrongly issued agency permits to the courts
- Monitor water quality all over the Florida portion of the Suwannee River Basin.
- Monitor the habitats in the river floodplains to assure that the Minimum Flows and Levels (MFL) Rule is being properly administered
- Set up our educational booth at local festivals and events
- Fund raise to support special issues and our ongoing programs
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Other groups that SOS has worked with:
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