The Alafia River dominates the landscape of Riverview and was crucial to its selection as a settlement site. This collection will highlight items specifically relating to the Alafia River.
Description: At a October 22, 1991 meeting of CARP, Environmental Scientist, Richard Boler, presented an update on the Alafia River's pollution and water quality. more
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Publisher: Citizens for Alafia River Preservation (CARP)
Description: This booklet was created by CARP (Citizens for Alafia River Preservation) to distribute to second grade students in Riverview to teach them about the Alafia River, and create preservation awareness.
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Description: A massive, 28,000 gallon spill of phosphoric acid from Cargill's Gardinier Plant, caused siginificant pollution and fish kills in the Alafia River. The Citizens for Alafia River Preservation (CARP) were active in insisting on environmental protections. This document is from a CARP meeting shortly after the spill and contains details of the accident and community reaction. more
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Description: Due to pollution concerns which greatly affected the Alafia River, phosphate mine activities were carefully examined by CARP. These maps illustrate the impact of an extension of the Kingsford Mine in Eastern Hillsborough County.
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Description: For phosphate mines located in Hillsborough County, the flood plain projections for 25 year floods and 100 year floods was very important. This flood plain map for Hillsborough County would have been useful in those projections. Produced in February 1992.
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Description: 1882 Map of Hillsborough County showing location of Alafia River. Note, in particular, the prominent marking of Peru. Map produced by the US Coast Survey of the US Land Office.
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