Advocates for restoring the Ocklawaha River are undeterred by a recent veto setback and are moving ahead and regrouping to ...

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.

Gov. DeSantis has said he supports trying to 'go back to God's design.' In the Everglades. The Ocklawaha River is another ...

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

Florida's governor also vetoed the transfer of $200 million out of the Department of Environmental Protection.

Governor DeSantis signed a $117 billion state budget but cut half a billion worth of projects across the state, including ...

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.

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 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.

Boat captain Erika Ritter calls herself a sixth-generation Cracker. She pilots her craft, the Anhinga Spirit, on her "playground," the Ocklawaha River, in the vicinity of Eureka Bridge, close to ...

The initiative to free the Ocklawaha has met opposition from fans of the reservoir that essentially would be washed away if the 74-mile river were to be restored.. The reservoir has been blamed ...