Advocates for restoring the Ocklawaha River are undeterred by a recent veto setback and are moving ahead and regrouping to get more information out to the public.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 30 signed the 2025-26 budget after vetoing almost $600 million in programs and projects from the $115.1 billion spending plan composed by lawmakers. One of the budget ...

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

The Burrell Lock in the Upper Ocklawaha River Basin will be closed starting July 18 for essential construction upgrades.

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… ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The dam, built in Putnam County for the ill-fated Cross Florida Barge Canal, blocked the Ocklawaha River from flowing directly to the St. Johns River while creating a 9,500-acre body of water that ...

The veto overturns a plan to restore the Ocklawaha River's natural flow by 2035. While the Rodman Dam veto was a significant decision, DeSantis left many other Jacksonville-area projects untouched ...