Gov. DeSantis signs budget that keeps UNF string of budget wins going for another year. He vetoed Rodman dam removal for ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 30 signed the 2025-26 budget after vetoing almost $600 million in programs and projects from the ...

DeSantis slashed $500,000 to study the potential environmental and economic effects of removing the dam last year.

But fisherman long defended the dam, which was renamed the Rodman-Kirkpatrick dam in 1998 after since deceased Sen. George ...

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 Rodman Reservoir, once a natural part of the Ocklawaha River, now has a bottom covered in accumulating organic and inorganic sediments. These sediments are described as "septic" in nature.

Central Florida’s Ocklawaha River is one of the nation’s most endangered rivers, according to an environmental group’s 2020 list released Tuesday for the 10 rivers in the U.S. mos… ...

The Ocklawaha River’s Rodman Reservoir feels isolated and unworldly. The reservoir’s dark waters also are plagued by a constant growth of floating weeds, such as this clump of water lettuce.

“The Ocklawaha River is a Florida treasure, but this obsolete dam is holding back the river’s full potential to revitalize local communities and a healthy environment.

One simple action — restoring the Ocklawaha River by breaching the dam and draining the reservoir — would repair this glaring gap in the Ocala to Osceola part of the corridor and ease the free ...

Silver Springs and the Ocklawaha River can recover their lost beauty if we remove the dam, let the rivers flow and reduce groundwater extraction and pollution.

The Ocklawaha River’s Rodman Reservoir feels isolated and unworldly. The reservoir’s dark waters also are plagued by a constant growth of floating weeds, such as this clump of water lettuce.