The Rodman/Kirkpatrick Dam, an early piece of the never-completed Cross Florida Barge Canal, flooded this swampy landscape in ...

Myers and her nonprofit, formerly led by longtime fellow advocate Margaret Spontak, maintain that reuniting the rivers will ...

Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be ...

A House subcommittee unanimously approved a bill to restore the Ocklawaha River that drew strong praise from ...

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, ...

Two influential lawmakers, Sen. Jason Brodeur and Rep. Wyman Duggan, have filed legislation ( SB 1066, HB 981) requiring the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed funding previously approved for the restoration of the Ocklawaha River. Restoring the river would reconnect it to Silver Springs and the St. Johns River, potentially ...

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 ...

Maybe it’s because there has been so much other headline-making news coming out of Tallahassee this legislative session. But one long-running Florida controversy — something that has led to thousands ...

A bill with implications for Marion and Putnam counties is scheduled to go to committee next week in the state senate.

TALLAHASSEE — A decades-old fight about possibly tearing down North Florida’s Rodman Dam and restoring the Ocklawaha River is flaring again. Sen. Tom Leek, R-Ormond Beach, on Thursday pushed back ...

The new legislation follows Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state budget veto last June of $6.25 million for restoring the river. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Republican committee chairs in the state House and Senate ...