By a 107-3 vote, the House passed a bill to restore the Ocklawaha River to its natural flow and breach the Kirkpatrick Dam. Some lawmakers have called HB 981 one of the biggest environmental projects ...
After the Florida House voted 107-3 for legislation removing dam for restoring Ocklawaha River, bill dies in Senate, keeping ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maybe it’s because there has been so much other headline-making news coming out of Tallahassee this legislative session. But one ...
State Rep. Wyman Duggan and state Sen. Jason Brodeur lead latest attempt to restore Ocklawaha River by opening Rodman ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TALLAHASSEE — State lawmakers and environmentalists have spent decades trying to reverse the ecological damage caused by a ...
The northward-flowing Ocklawaha — which intersects with the Silver River and the St. Johns — has been blocked in Putnam County since 1968 by a dam that formed the Rodman Reservoir.
As a lifelong Jacksonville resident and passionate sportsman, I understand the deep connection between our waterways, local communities and economy. For more than 50 years, the Kirkpatrick Dam — a ...
Water is our most precious resource. In Florida, our freshwater supplies and the health of our rivers and springs are under stress. The Rodman/Kirkpatrick Dam, part of the ill-conceived Cross-Florida ...
TALLAHASSEE — State lawmakers and environmentalists have spent decades trying to reverse the ecological damage caused by a decrepit, nearly 60-year-old dam on the Ocklawaha River built in 1968 as part ...