Legislation was introduced today to remove the Kirkpatrick Dam, drain the Rodman Reservoir, and restore the Ocklawaha River.
The Ocklawaha River, historically one of Florida’s most scenic waterways and a popular tourist destination in the late 1800s, was dammed near Palatka to create a reservoir for the ill-fated Cross ...
The long-running battle over the Rodman dam in Putnam County ended its latest chapter with Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoing a directive by the state Legislature to remove the dam over the next decade. State ...
Is it time to tear down a nearly 60-year-old dam blocking flow from the north-flowing Ocklawaha River to the St. Johns River? Among the projects awaiting decisions in the Florida Legislature hopper, ...
Twenty-five years after a permit requesting partial demolition of Rodman dam landed at the St. Johns River Water Management District, the dam still stands – even as the state of Florida is in the ...