“HB 981 is a community-driven approach to restoring the Oklahoma River that will benefit all 12 counties along our great rivers,” Casey Fitzgerald, a former public official now speaking on behalf of ...

Democrat Jimmy Peluso wasn't in the chamber to defend his bill or deal with questions from skeptical colleagues.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida lawmakers face a decision on whether to remove or maintain the aging Rodman Dam, which blocks the Ocklawaha River and ...

Members of the House Budget Committee hosted a reading of House Bill 981 on Tuesday afternoon, where it received overwhelming ...

INTERLACHEN, Fla.— Matt Keene’s Prius looks out of place among the half dozen pickup trucks on the sandy bank of the Ocklawaha River. It looks stranger still when he pops the trunk, heaves out a glass ...

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

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 ...

The Putnam County Board of Commissioners questioned people who claim restoring the Ocklawaha River is the best solution for ...

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 ...

Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be restored? A snorkeler explores the fish-filled depths of Tobacco Patch ...

How strange it feels to find two of the big Florida environmental fights of the late 1960s and early 1970s are back in the ...

The Old Florida State Capitol, now a museum, with the new Capitol in the background. By Roberto Galan via iStock for WMNF News (2022). Lawmakers behind the bill are calling it “their region’s ...