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The Great Florida Riverway Voices for the Rivers the Great Florida Riverway Florida Great The Voices For The Rivers - The Great Florida Riverway Voices for the Rivers The Great Florida Riverway Florida Great The OCKLAWAHA SILVER SPRINGS ST. JOHNS The Great Florida Riverway Voices for the Rivers There’s a river somewhere that flows through the lives of everyone. – Roberta Flack Written by Margaret Hankinson Spontak Designed by Reinier Munguía Silver Springs. Photo by Alan Youngblood Alan by Photo Springs. Silver Cover photo credits: Ocklawaha – Doug Engle, Silver Springs – Alan Youngblood, St. Johns – Will Dickey The Ocklawaha River Photo by Julie O'Brien Julie by Photo 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword ....................................................................................................................................................................................2 Introducing The Great Florida Riverway ............................................................................................................................4 A Tale of Four Systems ............................................................................................................................................................6 Historic Voices ........................................................................................................................................................................ 17 Coalition of United Voices .................................................................................................................................................... 19 22,464 Voices for the River ..................................................................................................................................................22 Letter to Governor Ron DeSantis ........................................................................................................................................23 For Fish and Wildlife .............................................................................................................................................................24 What the Anglers Say ............................................................................................................................................................28 What the Scientists Say .........................................................................................................................................................30 Economic Voices of the River ..............................................................................................................................................32 The Visions and Voices of Students ...................................................................................................................................34 Media Stories .......................................................................................................................................................................... 48 Coalition Key Contacts ..........................................................................................................................................................52 Dedication ................................................................................................................................................................................54 The Great Florida Riverway — Voices for the Rivers 1 VOICES FOR THE RIVER On the 50th Anniversary of the halting of the Cross Florida Barge Canal, the voices for restoration of the Ocklawaha River, heart of The Great Florida Riverway, are increasing and diversifying. Gone is the idea that those supporting the river belong to a particular political party, socio-economic class, or city. People of all ages, colors, walks of life, and geographic regions have joined in the chorus. Many are working together to identify common solutions that can create a Great Florida Riverway for everyone. From businesspeople to user groups to visitors to well-respected scientists, people are puzzled why this magnificent system of three rivers and 50-plus springs continues to be damaged by a devastating project of the 60s. Other tragic environmental mistakes, like the Evrglades and the Kissimmee River, have and are being repaired and restored, while this 217-mile Great Florida Riverway is not yet on the priority list of most federal, state, and local leaders. Voices from up and down The Great Florida Riverway are asking for this restoration project of national significance to be moved up on the list now. Where else can you restore 15,000 acres of wetland forests, generate 156-276 mgd of natural water flow, uncover 20 drowned springs, reclaim a wildlife corridor and migratory route for fish and shellfish, and help restore three river systems and Silver Springs? With the dam past its life expectancy and use of the Rodman Reservoir going down, it is time to create new opportunities for anglers rather than put millions into a dam and reservoir that are not environmentally or economically sustainable. This must be done with careful consideration of the river's communities and its users, because there are many that have been raised only knowing this artificial reservoir and not the “sweetest water lane in the world” that once awed residents and visitors alike with its stunning beauty and plentiful fish and wildlife. Through this book, we share thousands of voices representing those who want to see a free-flowing Ocklawaha River by breaching the Rodman Dam. The voices for the river are calling you. Photos by Alan Youngblood, Doug Engle, John Moran, Reinier Munguia & Will Dickey, 2 The Great Florida Riverway — Voices for the Rivers 3 INTRODUCING THE GREAT FLORIDA RIVERWAY For more than 14,000 years, Florida natives and newcomers set out on the St. Johns, Silver and Ocklawaha Rivers in search of connection with nature, healing springs and adventure. This vast S I K L R network of waterways and springs linked the state’s wild roots to its V A E P R R E growing river communities. S E P T V RI T A I N S GS R The Great Florida Riverway, a 217-mile aquatic wonderland, was OCALA R E a refuge for Native Americans, Florida’s first tourist attraction, V L a magnet for travel writers and explorers and a transportation I S corridor for people and products. Just over 50 years ago, all of that changed. The construction of the Rodman Dam, part of the failed Cross Florida Barge Canal, severed R E V the Ocklawaha River, damaging the ecology of the magnificent I T R R Ocklawaha River, cherished Silver Springs, and the highly H A E H E productive St. Johns River estuary. V A U I W R A P L P A K Like the Everglades to the south, restoring the Great Florida E R H C O W A O Riverway is vital to improving the overall ecological and economic C K L A health of north and central Florida. A necessary component to this restoration is breaching the Rodman/Kirkpatrick dam to restore the natural flow of the impounded Ocklawaha River. The continued decline of water quality, spring flow, wetland forests, LEESBURG fish, wildlife, and recreation caused by the dam led American Rivers to designate the Ocklawaha River as one of America’s Most HARRIS CHAIN OF LAKES Endangered Rivers® of 2020. Restoring this river is the key to unlocking economic, ecological, and social benefits for all Floridians and visitors from around the world. LAKE APOPKA 4 JACKSONVILLE R GREEN COVE SPRINGS O M D A M D B U K A K C K O C N/ IC M AN L KIRKPAT R RODMAN R E RESERVOIR V PALATKA I S Y R T R S . J A N OH U H NS EST O . J ST WELAKA ATLANTIC OCEAN LAKE GEORGE The Atlantic Ocean is home to many diadromous T H A species that depend on the Ocklawaha River to E H L A complete their reproductive cycle. O W T W E L A R R C K H O E E V M I R I D A American Eel American Shad Striped Bass D H L E A O C K L A W Atlantic Sturgeon The Great Florida Riverway — Voices for the Rivers 5 A TALE OF FOUR SYSTEMS Ocklawaha River, Silver Springs, St. Johns River And The Atlantic Ocean THE OCKLAWAHA RIVER Three miles south of the Sharpes Ferry Bridge, the 25-mile Ocklawaha Aquatic Preserve starts and ends at Eureka. This Upper Ocklawaha River longest stretch of the natural river is surrounded by dense wetlands and provides habitat for many state and federally listed The Great Florida Riverway flows plant and animal species. The Preserve also includes portions of north from the Green Swamp Daisy Creek, Eaton Creek and five miles of the Silver River. and Lake Apopka through the Harris Chain of Lakes or the upper At Eureka, the impounded River begins where one can more Ocklawaha River. The Green easily see the impacts of the Rodman Dam. From Eureka north, Swamp is the water source for the varieties of trees diminishes. From here to the Dam, you the Ocklawaha, Hillsborough, primarily see cypress, tupelo, ash and stunted cabbage palms. Withlacoochee, and Peace rivers The natural river section, contains a more diverse tree canopy and a critical recharge area for the including elms, red maples, native hollies, and other trees. Green Swamp Floridan Aquifer. The Eureka Lock and Dam, 16 miles south of the Rodman/ Lake Apopka, the state’s fourth- Kirkpatrick Dam, are part of the halted and unfinished Cross largest lake, is considered the headwaters of the Ocklawaha Florida Barge Canal. Unlike the Buckman Locks near the Chain of Lakes. It is located in northwest Orange and Rodman, these structures were never made fully operational southeast Lake counties. Water from Lake Apopka flows and the River was not destroyed by an impoundment like the through the Apopka-Beauclair Canal and into Lakes Beauclair Rodman
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