If you’ve never fished for bass or enjoyed watching the abundant wildlife on north-central Florida's famed Rodman Reservoir, you should. And if some day you want to, I'd suggest trying to save ...

Removing the Rodman Dam once again proved to be one of the most intractable environmental issues in Florida, one that has flummoxed governors, federal bureaucrats, political operatives and activists ...

Safety report: Rodman Dam okay but it's now classified 'High Hazard' if it breaks The 261-page inspection report states “no significant areas of deterioration were noted by the divers that ...

The Rodman Dam has long been used to stop the natural flow of the Ockalwaha River. Ryan Smart, executive director of the Florida Springs Council, explains the environmental benefits of removing ...

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — The future of a controversial dam in Putnam county impacts people all the way to Jacksonville. The Kirkpatrick Dam at Rodman Reservoir was built in 1968. It was part of a ...

A 261-page Florida Department of Environmental Protection dam safety report released in March has given the decades-long battle a renewed sense of urgency. What was once a low-hazard structure ...

A retired Navy admiral discusses the economic and environmental impacts of restoring the Ocklawaha River by breaching Rodman Reservoir dam.

The reaction out of Putnam County to the renewed effort to breach the Rodman certainly dam wasn't a surprise. For more than a decade, I've advocated restoring the Ocklawaha River to what it was bef… ...

The Rodman Reservoir, formed after the Ocklawaha River was dammed for construction of a never-completed barge canal, has been a favorite place for bass fishing, but critics say its use has declined.

The Rodman Dam was built as part of The Cross Florida Barge Canal that never came to fruition. It was built 50 years ago and still stands, though it’s never served its intended purpose.

Environmentalists are jumpstarting the effort to remove the controversial dam at Rodman Reservoir, which they say harms other waterways in Northeast Florida.