Locals divided on dam’s future decades after Florida canal project abandoned

Environmentalists want to permanently open a dam built for a canal that was supposed to cut through the middle of Florida from the Atlantic to the Gulf ...
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Decades after a Florida canal project was abandoned, advocates are trying to reunite 2 rivers

PALATKA, Fla. (AP) — It was supposed to be Florida's version of the Panama Canal — a shortcut for boats to pass through the middle of the state from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf instead of ...
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Florida advocates push to restore rivers after canal project abandonment

Environmental advocates in Florida are striving to restore the Ocklawaha River and reunite it with Silver Springs after a failed legislative effort to remove a dam that has disrupted local ecosystems.

The network of 38,000 inexpensive US lakefront campsites you've probably never heard of

Eight states have no USACE campgrounds: Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Utah, and Wyoming. The ...
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Many new Florida laws go into effect Tuesday, including a ban on sleeping in public places

Oct. 1 marks the start of a new fiscal year in Florida and the date when several laws approved by the Florida Legislature last spring take effect — including one that aims to end public sleeping and ...
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'No one has a plan': Central Florida homeless advocates react to public sleeping ban

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new law banning people from sleeping and camping in public places have homeless services across Central Florida gearing up for an increase in demand. “The hard part is we don’t know ...