The Florida Senate took a monumental step to reconnect and help restore a 217-mile river
system extending from the headwaters at Lake Apopka to the Atlantic Ocean near
Jacksonville. This project would reconnect Silver Springs with the Ocklawaha and St. Johns
Rivers.

The Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General
Government approved its FY 2025-26 subcommittee budget that included $6.25 million for
Ocklawaha River restoration…