Kirkpatrick was a zealot about maintaining the dam for a vocal group of bass fishermen.Дў002 вЂ“USFS completed an EIS in 2002 that called for restoring the Ocklawaha and partially removing the Rodman dam to connect the river. Studies were completed showing that restoration benefits outweighed any short-term water quality impacts related to restoration.ДЎ998 вЂ“ The Florida Legislature renamed the Rodman Dam the Kirkpatrick Dam in 1998. In 1999, SJRWMD deems that additional water quality studies are needed.

Partial restoration was the option selected and supported by federal and state agencies and Florida conservation organizations.ДЎ995 вЂ“ Governor Lawton Chiles directs FDEP in cooperation with SJRWMD to begin a phased drawdown of the Rodman Reservoir and to move forward with the partial restoration option to restore the Ocklawaha River.ДЎ997 вЂ“ FDEP applies to SJRWMD for restoration of the Ocklawaha River. Bush signs federal legislation deauthorizing all portions of the Cross Florida Barge Canal project not previously deauthorized.ДЎ991 Governor Lawton Chiles and the Florida Cabinet deauthorize the Cross Florida Barge Canal project.ДЎ993 Florida legislature allocates $900,000 for a study of four possible scenarios for restoration. Army Corps of Engineers concludes draining Rodman Pool and restoring the river would have no significant socioeconomic impacts.ДЎ990 President George H.

President Nixon orders construction to stop вЂњto prevent potentially serious environmental damages.вЂќ The remainder of the Cross Florida Barge Canal is not constructed.ДЎ971 Florida Game & Freshwater Fish Commission recommends that the Rodman reservoir be drained, and the dam be breached to restore the river.ДЎ976 Florida Department of Natural Resources on behalf of Florida Governor Rueben Askew and the Florida Cabinet recommends restoration of the Ocklawaha River and designation as a wild and scenic riverДЎ978 Final Environmental Impact Statement by the U.S. issues injunction to halt the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Army Corps of Engineers calling for a halt of the Cross Florida Barge CanalДЎ971 U.S. Additionally, it prevented boats from navigating the entire river system.ДЎ969 Environmental Defense Fund and Florida Defenders of the Environment file suit against the U.S. Johns River to Silver Springs and beyond.

Congress failed to approve further funding, therefore work stopped on the Canal.ДЎ943 The US Army Corps of Engineers released plans for the project.ДЎ963 Twenty years later, President Johnson signed legislation funding construction.ДЎ968 Rodman Dam, near Palatka, is completed closing off flow of the Ocklawaha River, flooding more than 7,500 acres of forested wetlands, 16 miles of river and at least 20 springs, and blocking upstream migration of many fish and aquatic species impacting the ecosystem from the St.

1935 Despite a USGS report stating the Cross Florida Barge Canal would jeopardize FloridaвЂ™s groundwater supplies, the federal government allocated $5 million for construction.

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