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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has vetoed nine bills from this session with only a few measures remaining for a decision, along with $590 million in line ...

Peterson is the Strategic Planning Basin coordinator for the Ocklawaha River, which is headquartered in Lake Apopka. “I’ve worked on Lake Apopka restoration since 1994,” Peterson said.