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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed $6.25 million in funding allocated by the state legislature for the removal of the ...
Advocates for restoring the Ocklawaha River are undeterred by a recent veto setback and are moving ahead and regrouping to ...
But fisherman long defended the dam, which was renamed the Rodman-Kirkpatrick dam in 1998 after since deceased Sen. George ...
If you’ve never fished for bass or enjoyed watching the abundant wildlife on north-central Florida's famed Rodman Reservoir, you should. And if some day you want to, I'd suggest trying to save ...
A government watchdog group is recommending that Florida breach Putnam County’s Rodman dam and restore the Ocklawaha River’s natural flow to the St. Johns River. “To do otherwise would be a ...
Removing the Rodman Dam once again proved to be one of the most intractable environmental issues in Florida, one that has flummoxed governors, federal bureaucrats, political operatives and activists ...
The aging Rodman Dam on Central Florida’s Ocklawaha River is riddled with hazardous vulnerabilities, which the state and federal authorities have kept secret for years, says a lawyer who has ...
The Rodman Dam was built in 1968, part of a canal planned across Florida, but the Cross Florida Barge Canal was never finished. Meanwhile the dam "has actually never served the purpose for which ...
Among the projects awaiting decisions in the Florida Legislature hopper, lawmakers have yet to push through a proposal to fund dismantling the aging Kirkpatrick Dam, also known as the Rodman Dam.
The dam was built as part of the state’s ill-fated Cross Florida Barge Canal.
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s most recent report on the Kirkpatrick Dam, located in Palatka just north of Marion County, did not find any immediate safety concerns but ...