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Friends Becoming Family
What a great year 2022 has been. Many diverse people came together to create a friends and family type network that has powered my next dream of restoring the Rainbow River. When I was 29 years old, I spent six months in Central America, and it was there that I realized the true power of…
Letters of Support
One Rake has been busy gathering letters of support that we can use in our grant applications and we are so very grateful to those that have written them so far. See below some of the wonderful support we’ve received so far. And if you would like to help, considering providing a letter for us…
Save Our Waters Week: Let’s keep the momentum going
Art Jones/For the Chronicle Sep 18, 2022 I like this year’s theme, “Preserve our waters, plan smartly.” For years, I did not recognize that one of the smartest things I have done in my life was to get the cleanup of our waters started, one rake at a time. My plan worked as I envisioned.…
Local nonprofit seeks to apply past success to Rainbow River
By Riverland News Art Jones is hoping to replicate his success in helping clean up Crystal River’s waters, this time for the Dunnellon area, as his nonprofit One Rake At A Time, Inc., sets its sights on restoring the Rainbow River to its original beauty. Beginning in 2009, Jones, with his One Rake At A…
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Leadership Citrus cleans Hunter Springs Park, Feb 23, 2009
Muck raker: Man hopes to clean bay ‘one rake at a time’, Oct 16, 2011
Initiative to extract lyngbya a positive step, Oct 23, 2011
Groups dedicated to maintaining water quality, Dec 26, 2011
Monday muck raking, Jan 31, 2012
Family donates equipment to King’s Bay cleanup effort, Feb 20, 2012
Group donates $5,000 for King’s Bay cleanup, Mar 4, 2012
Hunters Spring lyngbya cleanup set for Saturday, Mar 6, 2012
Cleaning the bay, Students, community pitch in, Mar 10, 2012
Dean gets $100,000 to help with King’s Bay cleanup, Mar 15, 2012
Spring cleaning, Apr 3, 2012
King’s Bay cleanup, May 9, 2012
Thanks, volunteers, Jun 23, 2012
Cleaning King’s Bay, Jul 4, 2012
Saving our waters, Sep 18, 2012
Group removes 51 tons of lyngbya, Oct 9, 2012
Volunteers rake lyngbya from springs, Oct 16, 2012
Waterways clearer thanks to raking project, Nov 5, 2012
King’s Bay future: Jewel of Crystal River sees cleanup, preservation, protection, Nov 25, 2012
DEP pledges more money for King’s Bay work, Nov 29, 2012
Bay project’s prospects look good, Dec 6, 2012
Jones tapped as citizen of the year for lyngbya cleanup, Dec 13, 2012
Lyngbya clean-up crew discovers spring vent, Jan 1, 2013
Raking in accolades: Art Jones is Chronicle Citizen of the Year, Jan 13, 2013
Jones shows off rake project in Tallahassee, Jan 17, 2013
Citizen of Year stands test of time, Jan 20, 2013
Art Jones empowers community, Jan 20, 2013
Loading up lyngbya, Jan 27, 2013
Jones’ trip may make bucks out of muck, Jan 28, 2013
Action speaks loudest, Mar 24, 2013
Algae eliminators, May 15, 2013
One Rake cleanup effort awarded grant, Jul 27, 2013
Duke joins Lyngbya fight, Sep 3, 2013
DEP funds will aid King’s Bay cleanup effort, Sep 13, 2013
Lyngbya cleanup project granted $100K, Dec 16, 2013
Ready for the ‘good stuff, Water district looks to plant eelgrass at Hunter Springs, Dec 17, 2013
Year in Review: Hand-raking delivers, gets cash, Dec 29, 2013
All in for service, Crystal River’s Lyngbya cleanup effort aided by visiting students, Jan 26, 2014
King’s Bay cleanup continues, Apr 13, 2014
Do one thing: Plan a water-thrifty landscape, Jun 7, 2014
One Rake project puts grant money to good use, Jul 7, 2014
Rake meets Lyngbya, Aug 9, 2014
Homosassa Springs Rotarians have mucky morning in Homosassa River, Aug 23, 2014
One rake concept spreads, Aug 31, 2014
Florida’s springs a treasure in jeopardy, Sep 13, 2014
Hand-raking Lyngbya yields improvements, Sep 15, 2014
By doing’ Just One Thing,’ you can help, Sep 20, 2014
Lyngbya cleanup gets $120,000 in grants, Dec 25, 2014
Lyngbya removal continues to show results, Jan 8, 2015
Effort to restore springs appreciated, Jan 16, 2015
Environmental Academy students take up rakes to battle Lyngbya, Mar 30, 2015
One Rake partners with One Bag, Apr 20, 2015
Earth Day education, Apr 23, 2015
Volunteers clean up Lyngbya at Weeki Wachee, Apr 27, 2015
Attacking aggressive algae, Crystal River High’s NJROTC students pitch in, May 15, 2015
Partners in cleanup, Jun 4, 2015
Second-in-command gets firsthand look, Nov 3, 2015
One Rake at a Time, Mar 3, 2016
The dark side of staying green, Jun 4, 2016
Command over nature, Jul 30, 2016
What is success? Depends who you ask, Jul 30, 2016
A timeline of cleanup efforts, Jul 30, 2016
Making a real difference in a positive way, Sep 19, 2016
Art Jones: A true hero, Mar 18, 2017
Teens dig in for bay cleanup, Jun 9, 2017
King’s Bay cleanup making a difference, Jul 16, 2017
Cold, but cleaner: AES students help rake Lyngbya, Dec 12, 2017
SOWW: Clean water is worth our efforts, Sep 9, 2018
Ask FWC to stop using this herbicide, May 24, 2019
Make a difference before it’s too late, Sep 17, 2019
Happy anniversary to Save Our Waters Week, Sep 11, 2020
Together we can make a difference, Sep 21, 2020