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Rodman-Kirkpatrick Dam safe after Gov. DeSantis vetoes Ocklawaha River Restoration

PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUN 30 – Gov. DeSantis vetoed $6.25 million in funding aimed at removing the Rodman-Kirkpatrick Dam, responding to local fishermen's support to preserve the reservoir and its economic benefits.

Summary by Florida Politics
Decades of debate over the future of the Rodman-Kirkpatrick Dam in Marion County haven’t ended yet. Gov. Ron DeSantis, apparently in response to pleas from Ocala area fishermen, nixed $6.25 million in funding for Ocklawaha River Restoration. That plan to restore the Ocklawaha River’s natural flow would controversially have eliminated the Rodman Reservoir, which was created after the erection of the Rodman dam in 1968. The Legislature agreed earl…

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Florida Politics broke the news in Florida, United States on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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