Veto of Ocklawaha River restoration is a missed opportunity
Breaching the Kirkpatrick Dam on Rodman Reservoir will help the river, springs run as nature intended.
Breaching the Kirkpatrick Dam on Rodman Reservoir will help the river, springs run as nature intended.
Recent events bring to mind the legacies of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Marjorie Harris Carr and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings.
The governor vetoed $6.25 million that the Florida Legislature approved to begin the Ocklawaha River's restoration.
A Senate-approved proposal would restore the Ocklawaha River by dismantling the dam on the Rodman Reservoir.
Silver Springs and the Ocklawaha River can recover their lost beauty if we remove the dam.
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