Restoration Work Still to Be Completed After Alafia River Acid Spill
The 1997 spill from a fertilizer plant damaged 377 acres of riverine habitat.
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By Tom Palmer
THE LEDGER
Published: Monday, April 2, 2012 at 11:33 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 2, 2012 at 11:33 p.m.
MULBERRY | It’s been nearly 15 [...]

From EPA website….
Stacks

The phosphogypsum, separated from the phosphoric acid, is in the form of a solid/water mixture (slurry) which is stored in open-air storage areas known as stacks. The stacks form as the slurry containing the by-product phosphogypsum is pumped onto a disposal site. Over time the solids in the slurry build up and a [...]

These five aerial photos of the S. Ft. Meade Mine Extension/Hardee
were taken on June 22 by an anonymous 3PR pilot.
Area One is the 200 acres conceded to Mosaic in settlement agreement
in exchange for 14.2 acres of bayhead wetlands and 26 acres pasture.
As an unintended consequence of this settlement Mosaic moved 2 draglines east of
jurisdictional wetlands [...]

This is worth checking out….
http://www.floridatrend.com/wide_article.asp?aID=54802
Florida’s Top 10 Private Landowners
1. Plum Creek Timber
2. St. Joe Co.
3. Foley Timber
4. Rayonier
5. Lykes Bros.
6. Deseret Ranches of Florida
7. Mosaic
8. Bascom Southern
9. Florida Crystals
10. U.S. Sugar
Interactive Map: Florida’s Top 10 Private Landowners & Federal and State Holdings
Theresa Woody
Senior Policy Analyst
South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
11200 SW 8th Street OE 148
Miami, [...]

Below are some recent photographs of the Four Corners phosphate mine (Altman Tract) – located at the intersection of State Roads 62 and 37 – about 25 miles south of Mulberry. Mosaic fought Manatee County for 8 years to mine these wetlands that are the remaining headwaters of Horse Creek, a major tributary of the [...]

Proposed Mining Limits
Map, provided by Mosaic.