If the land owners along the reservoir want to keep the dam then let them pay to replace it. The entire state should not have to pay to pump up the wealth of a few people fortunate enough to own lakefront lots.
Also a great example of the damage the government can do. The Feds created a problem where people on both sides of the dam issue have legitimate claims.
Biggest problem is when Politicians just flat out lie or change their stance on an issue, and at this point it looks like the only thing that will spark a change is the dam failing at this point.
It is on us because some of us will support projects like this and others won't. As humans we tend to support people who support things we believe in (healthy environment /economic development) even if our way of achieving them is proved wrong.
In college I thought it was free money from the government. Now that I am older and have a family I realize that’s our money that the government is constantly wasting.
@@lamontpearce170 You know every dollar of government debt is a dollar richer that a citizen is, right?! Money is literally debt. . . that's how the dollar is backed. Debt is the point.
@@JEB..it wasn't a joke, if you watch the whole thing, which you clearly have not, you can see that he was indeed quite serious. Just another uneducated official making huge decisions for our country on full display.
I was stationed in Yankeetown at the Coast Guard station there 2005-2007 Nobody there knew anything about the canal, other than it was called the barge canal and we didn’t go down it very often, except for area familiarity runs for new crew members. Pretty cool thanks for doing this!
I spent my childhood in Dunnellon during the late 70s, and anyone who ever voiced an opinion about the canal had nothing kind to say about it. It was unilaterally despised because of the damage to the environment.
We need to return nature back to its original as much as possible, and it took millions of years to get the way it was . And only a couple of poor decisions to get it the way it is today . Let’s wise up and do the right thing.🌎💦
I live along the dug out canal in Masaryktown Florida, I’ve always wondered what it was but up until recently, in the last 5 years I did some research. I can’t believe it’s basically in my backyard, there are also a few pillars nearby built for to roads to cross the canal.
Pretty sure that dude was indicted and home(s) raided. They found thousands of dollars just lying around in boxes and in freezers. For some reason. Typical democrat. This happened either under Bush2 or Obama. Don't recall which.
to be fair it was to keep people off the streets during the great depression. too bad we can’t spend that much now to invest in government housing and mental health & addiction counseling
That was well done. Thanks for sharing! Based on dam removals elsewhere in the country (see the White Salmon and Elwha in WA), the river and fish tend to go back to what they were doing before we built a dam in around 10 years. The mud and smell that the one man interviewed was worried about only last a month or two.
Im a PALATKA FLORIDA MAN. The reservoir is cool and all, but it should be given back to nature. Putnam is rural, not to populated, full of nature and peace.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still-motion photography pictures/drawings/maps. Along with guest speakers sharing personal information pertaining to the water ways. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing.
During the times they made decisions around the country that were similarly not necessary. Jobs were necessary though and they made it happen. Not saying it was justified, but it helped people survive and provide.
No EPA and no environmental impact studies... no experts. Just politicians. We're going to go back to that once trump is "president" ... ehrm _supreme leader!_
We are fixing them slowly. The attempt to control water in a swampland was not well thought out and by the time we realized a generation or 2 down its a lot more costly to fix in some cases and we have to weigh property rights. The dam needs to go. It's a net positive to Florida as a whole even if some may feel they are losers. That's where the state has to come in with the federal govt and make them financially whole in regards to lost property value.
This is why it's so sad that very few people can have influence on very large things. It just takes one person being short-sighted with a goal in mind that can't be persuaded to destroy ecosystems and cause potential catastrophe
Omg, I've been here since I was 13 years old and I am 60!! I live in Titusville I've lived in Bronson which is right outside of ocala, I've never heard about this! How in the hell have I never heard about this? Thank God they failed in their miserable endeavor😂😂😂
@radioactivelight and the white guy thought the bureau of land management could change the orbit of the moon (much more recently, I might add and far more "educated"). Don't be selective in assigning stupidity to two men, regardless of race. It's not a good look.
Put it on the next ballot and let citizens vote on whether to keep the Rodman dam or not. If they dynamite it and it creates huge problems then we will forget about the state’s attention to rescue our failing home insurance fiasco and redirect millions of dollars figuring out how to solve new problems caused by a different flow of water.
I am a 72 year old lesbian. People tell me I am super hot for my age. I loved this video. I used to swim in the Ocklawaha River and feed the monkeys, I miss those days.
....and today more than half the nation thinks more corporate money and more commercial influence on our political leaders is a good thing. Citizens United: own it as a "proud patriot" or fight to get it overturned.
As over the years the environment has adjusted to the damage that has been done, removing the dam will again cause damage, To me, this is a very hard call. Plus if water is being drawn from the lake/river for towns & cities, this means they would have to go to water well systems further drawing from the Aquifer , something that should not be overlooked
As a native floridian who is outdoors and on the water alot. DeSantis can win again if he removes the dam. Even after his pissing match with Disney that he is currently losing. Florida stand on the fxck the government motto. He turned down 120 million in federal food stamp aid from them because of the asks that were involved with the aid
I had never heard of this in my life, and I'm 50, so that tells you that when they screw up, they don't write in the history books unless it's a side note.
So the only reason to keep the damn are for selfish reason? Yet "i CaN CaTCh MoRE FiShiES" has been the reason for keeping it yet the reason for making it was for shipping. Yeah that makes sense.
The true boondoggle is that the canal was never finished. The loss in economic prosperity to Ocala and Dunnellin are huge. Any one who knows how locks work knows that water flows to the sea not from the sea. As always a bunch of environmental extremists shut down something that would have been a boon to Florida.
No it will change it. Change it to the beautiful place it once was naturally. It will take time for it to heal but we've been shown time and again it happens faster than we expect. Within a few years we will realise it's all headed in the right direction. Man should have never attempted to control Florida's water system. Now we have to fix it. It's a net benefit to all of Florida even if it means a minority will lose. What needs to happen is the state and federal govt need to bring in the checkbook and pay property owners the current value of their property irregardless if they intend to sell or move. They have to make people whole. Then they need to remove the dam and let nature do the heavy lifting.
Don't need to tax more. Taxes rarely go to what they are intended. It's removal of a dam that the federal govt is at least 50% responsible for. It should not be overly expensive or 100% our bill. For every one dollar you take from the people 3 are spent. 2.5 on fraud, waste and abuse. The last .50 is spent on the project. The Indian river lagoon restoration is an example, the Everglades restoration is an example. Both of those massive projects cost too much and are simply overcomplicated for the sake of contracts and jobs. Same ole story. Never look to give your money to govt for a solution. Both of those mentioned projects could be done with 1/3 the cost and with a year. I worked for govt, multiple agencies and they all run the same. Your tax money might ad well go in the trash. It's waste waste waste, hooking up friends of friends, ect ect. Our govt is in the world's highest debt but it doesn't have to be. They waste about 60% of the taxpayers money every year. We could not only pay the national debt but have a surplus within just a few years if you cut the fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption out. It made me sick but I didn't make the rules. The way Both the federal, state and local govts do their budgets and the laws governing contracts is what allows it. Many many many years ago contracts were awarded at cost benefit but that has long gone away. We never choose the lowest bidder. We choose who knows who and how will a chunk of the money find its way to the people awarding the contracts. That incentivises larger monetary contracts. Until the entire system is revised from the top down I would strongly advise not supporting any new taxes and even lowering the ones we have. Every dollar in the hands of the person who earned it is a dollar spent in a business supporting jobs of other workers who can keep their dollar to spend in a business and so on. It's a better use of the money until government can be fixed to actually provide the services we pay for.
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If the land owners along the reservoir want to keep the dam then let them pay to replace it. The entire state should not have to pay to pump up the wealth of a few people fortunate enough to own lakefront lots.
Correct they can maintain their own private canals to access
Even if they come up with the money they should not be permitted to replace that dam.
Slumfront lots. 😂
This is an incredible documentary. Every Floridian should watch it. Thanks, Craig Patrick and Fox 13 !
They will look back on Climate Change B.S. like this story.
I took Florida History with Dr. Noll. He is a fantastic professor.
Agreed!
I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.
Most likely Democrats. The ones who voted against Civil Rights.
I’ve seen videos about the cross Florida canal before, but this one was by far the most in depth and informative. Thank you
I thought it was the Florida barge canal not ship canal?
Remove the dam and restore the river to its original state!
This is proof that the people we elect are idiots! This is on us! We need to elect smart people- NOT baby kissing politicians!
Also a great example of the damage the government can do. The Feds created a problem where people on both sides of the dam issue have legitimate claims.
Especially politicians who kiss things other than babies.
@@deerjohn8041the price of diversity
Biggest problem is when Politicians just flat out lie or change their stance on an issue, and at this point it looks like the only thing that will spark a change is the dam failing at this point.
It is on us because some of us will support projects like this and others won't. As humans we tend to support people who support things we believe in (healthy environment /economic development) even if our way of achieving them is proved wrong.
In college I thought it was free money from the government. Now that I am older and have a family I realize that’s our money that the government is constantly wasting.
Yepper 35 TRILLION in debt
@@lamontpearce170 You know every dollar of government debt is a dollar richer that a citizen is, right?! Money is literally debt. . . that's how the dollar is backed. Debt is the point.
I had no clue, what an amazing piece of journalism. I would love to see that river brought back to its former glory.
In this amazing piece of journalism THE COMMENT OF US REPRESENTATIVE LOUIE GOHMERT was completely taken out of context.
#journalismisdead
@@powerguymarkas was Hank Johnson's obvious joke. Funny how folks don't seem to question that. So weird.
@@powerguymarkit’s really not controversial that Louie Gohmert is an idiot.
@@JEB..it wasn't a joke, if you watch the whole thing, which you clearly have not, you can see that he was indeed quite serious. Just another uneducated official making huge decisions for our country on full display.
The Corps of Engineers has never done anything good in Florida. Firs,t the screwed the Everglades up and then this.
Dear Florida, I am sorry. Why did you have to be so beautiful?
I was stationed in Yankeetown at the Coast Guard station there 2005-2007
Nobody there knew anything about the canal, other than it was called the barge canal and we didn’t go down it very often, except for area familiarity runs for new crew members.
Pretty cool thanks for doing this!
"BREAK THE DAM! RELEASE THE RIVAAH!!"
I AGREE! BUT WE DON'T NEED ALL CAPS TO GET OUR POINT ACROSS
@@royfulk3255 Was quoting Treebeard. It's a shout!
Excellent interviews, archival footage and commentary, thank you for this.
Bring it down!!!!
Great journalism, I wish more reporting was as objective as this piece.
I spent my childhood in Dunnellon during the late 70s, and anyone who ever voiced an opinion about the canal had nothing kind to say about it. It was unilaterally despised because of the damage to the environment.
Fantastic journalism. Well written and discussed. Thank you for this!
We need to return nature back to its original as much as possible, and it took millions of years to get the way it was . And only a couple of poor decisions to get it the way it is today . Let’s wise up and do the right thing.🌎💦
FREE THE OCKLAWAHA
Yeah we will keep voting for the same people we need to vote them out no matter how painful it seems
The Okeechobee waterway connects the Atlantic with the Gulf, via the Caloosahatchee canal.
Ah, don't tell them that. They'll screw that up too.
And yet the overdevelopment continues.
How do you think they built the Caloosahatchee waterway. Same way.
Exactly, but no media ever covers it and they keep trying to shut it down, which is fine by me.
Thank you!
I live along the dug out canal in Masaryktown Florida, I’ve always wondered what it was but up until recently, in the last 5 years I did some research. I can’t believe it’s basically in my backyard, there are also a few pillars nearby built for to roads to cross the canal.
Black bureaucrat was concerned that Guam would tip over if too many people went to one side?lol lol WTF? YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP!!!
Pretty sure that dude was indicted and home(s) raided. They found thousands of dollars just lying around in boxes and in freezers. For some reason. Typical democrat. This happened either under Bush2 or Obama. Don't recall which.
LOL....And he got re-elected (Georgia) These are the people that run our country
Take it down
FDR and LBJ were terrible for FL.
LBJ was bad for America
and the world
And we have folks on the street with nothing to eat but they can build a ditch for 700 million
This idea made Orlando the hooker capital of America but no one will say this.
to be fair it was to keep people off the streets during the great depression. too bad we can’t spend that much now to invest in government housing and mental health & addiction counseling
Ah yes, more adventures brought courtesy of the Bureau of Wreclamation.
Florida actively searches for boondoggles, and never met a carpet bagger we didn't like!
FDR was definitely a carpet bagger! Of the worst kind! It's why we love Gov. DeSantis!
I surprised the did just improve the Okeechobee canal, it's already a cross Florida canal and is actually a beautiful sail.
That was well done. Thanks for sharing! Based on dam removals elsewhere in the country (see the White Salmon and Elwha in WA), the river and fish tend to go back to what they were doing before we built a dam in around 10 years. The mud and smell that the one man interviewed was worried about only last a month or two.
Thanks for watching
@@craigpatricksmoneypowerpol7748you completely took US Representative Louie Gohmert's comment completely out of context. Shame on you.
So the new deal of fdr had something to do with the cross Florida canal. Another government mess.
Remove the dam and let nature flow! It would be beautiful for all. The water would adjust life.
Hindsight is beautifully Easy
Im a PALATKA FLORIDA MAN. The reservoir is cool and all, but it should be given back to nature. Putnam is rural, not to populated, full of nature and peace.
I grew up in Citrus County and had many memorable nights as a teenager partying along the banks of the Barge Canal.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent still-motion photography pictures/drawings/maps. Along with guest speakers sharing personal information pertaining to the water ways. Enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing.
Arent those that conduct such things, a stellar group. Of arrogant Brainy acts.....
During the times they made decisions around the country that were similarly not necessary. Jobs were necessary though and they made it happen. Not saying it was justified, but it helped people survive and provide.
No EPA and no environmental impact studies... no experts. Just politicians. We're going to go back to that once trump is "president" ... ehrm _supreme leader!_
Florida has many boondoggles.
We are fixing them slowly. The attempt to control water in a swampland was not well thought out and by the time we realized a generation or 2 down its a lot more costly to fix in some cases and we have to weigh property rights. The dam needs to go. It's a net positive to Florida as a whole even if some may feel they are losers. That's where the state has to come in with the federal govt and make them financially whole in regards to lost property value.
Florida actively searches for boondoggles, and never met a carpet bagger we didn't like!
The intercostal waterway by the Army core is a good example
And most of them are voted in
Fortunately, Florida Governor Bob Graham put the final nail in the coffin of this disaster.
This is why it's so sad that very few people can have influence on very large things. It just takes one person being short-sighted with a goal in mind that can't be persuaded to destroy ecosystems and cause potential catastrophe
I feel like something like this is going on in lake county / Polk county currently
reminds me a lot of avatar, wonder what inspired that movie?
Omg, I've been here since I was 13 years old and I am 60!! I live in Titusville I've lived in Bronson which is right outside of ocala, I've never heard about this! How in the hell have I never heard about this? Thank God they failed in their miserable endeavor😂😂😂
Franklin Roosevelt pushed for the canal…….democrat.
Richard Nixon canceled the canal project…….Republican.
Both criminals.
@@johnparker4875Nixon was railroaded because he ended Vietnam
That's such an antiquated idea. Those parties have both changed so much. It's not comparable at all.
Great video, very interesting and informative. I did find it strange that the tour guide driving a small pontoon boat was called a riverboat captain.
There is no way they thought Guam was going to capsize 😭😭😭
Not "they", just that one idiot
A black man thought that…
@@radioactivelightI seent it!
@radioactivelight and the white guy thought the bureau of land management could change the orbit of the moon (much more recently, I might add and far more "educated"). Don't be selective in assigning stupidity to two men, regardless of race. It's not a good look.
Look at who said it 😂
Put it on the next ballot and let citizens vote on whether to keep the Rodman dam or not. If they dynamite it and it creates huge problems then we will forget about the state’s attention to rescue our failing home insurance fiasco and redirect millions of dollars figuring out how to solve new problems caused by a different flow of water.
Love how they don't blame Kennedy, but his "advisor". But Nixon and DeSantis are considered hated and unconcerned. Bias reporting as usual
Is Jim Picket doing the narration?
Boondoggle Saints
Boondoggle!
That Gomert clip was out of context....that was stupid
i'm voting for a yugo in the next governors race here, since it will get more done and be more reliable than the last 30 years of government here
I am a 72 year old lesbian. People tell me I am super hot for my age. I loved this video. I used to swim in the Ocklawaha River and feed the monkeys, I miss those days.
I feel like you're a wealth of information. Thanks for sharing
@@SynthwaveDuck You sound like a woman hater. Tootsie Roll
I'm a 68 yr old 3rd generation hetro sexual Florida native. People tell me I have skinny legs! Tear down the Damn Dam!
Where at ? Don’t be scared ! 😅
It will come down to the rich people with their property values. Rich people pay to get what they want!!
Have you seen the most recent sinkhole map of Florida? The whole thing is going to break off.
Concentrated where they were doing this.
It’s bad.
Deliberately inefficient.
....and today more than half the nation thinks more corporate money and more commercial influence on our political leaders is a good thing. Citizens United: own it as a "proud patriot" or fight to get it overturned.
C- 111 canal from from Lake Okeechobee South to the ocean by Aerojet for NASA is worse. Look it up. Train starts at the Fed Prison. Hmmm
I'll vouch for the good bass fishing in the Rodman reservoir. I have caught plenty of good fish there back when my dad lived in the Jacksonville area.
As over the years the environment has adjusted to the damage that has been done, removing the dam will again cause damage, To me, this is a very hard call. Plus if water is being drawn from the lake/river for towns & cities, this means they would have to go to water well systems further drawing from the Aquifer , something that should not be overlooked
Wait---is this the Gap Chasm?!!
So the salt water comes in and is stopped by a dam?
Wow I live in DeLand Florida and never knew about this I love learning about history
It's still there. You should take a ride.
Congressman from GA Hank Johnson Head thick as a brick !
Uncle Sam doesn't won't to give that recreation money up. It was a scam.
Cro😮 Florida canal through lake ochochebbe in the 70s almost got away with it
Wow this pisses me off. What a waste.
Hell yea Craig
they sure ruined Everglades and the entire ecosystem
How about South Florida making canals that dump fresh water into the intracoastal. They should have been built to dump into the Atlantic.
Well shit they’ve bout done it! It literally starting to look like New Jersey
Next, lets go replumb the Everglades.
Unnecessary multimode logistics creates long term jobs too.
As a native floridian who is outdoors and on the water alot. DeSantis can win again if he removes the dam. Even after his pissing match with Disney that he is currently losing. Florida stand on the fxck the government motto. He turned down 120 million in federal food stamp aid from them because of the asks that were involved with the aid
They should have built it... It's two another project, the tree hugger strut down...
I had never heard of this in my life, and I'm 50, so that tells you that when they screw up, they don't write in the history books unless it's a side note.
I grew up between Ocala and Gainesville and I heard the story about this canal my whole life growing up.
Biden like Roosevelt didn't mind throwing money away.
Democrats!
Forgive me Democrats, but here is another example of FDR s Gulags.❤
Why not at least open the Lock gates?
dam
If it is producing electricity.
And ain't such a bad thing
It isn't hydroelectric. It doesn't produce anything... It's a burden on taxes and the environment. Removing it would save millions of wasted dollars.
Can't imagine how much malaria there was, or ppl killed
Why should the state have to remove the dam when the um... other government funded it?
Cables from Guam
To much money tied into the lake to remove the damn now unfortunately.😢
Oak la wa ha!!
Yankees have ruined Florida.
FDR was the worst
So the only reason to keep the damn are for selfish reason? Yet "i CaN CaTCh MoRE FiShiES" has been the reason for keeping it yet the reason for making it was for shipping. Yeah that makes sense.
It comes down to the money that the lake produces with fishing,boats,restaurants,property values,Taxes,ect.,ect.
Still better results than Disney world
The true boondoggle is that the canal was never finished. The loss in economic prosperity to Ocala and Dunnellin are huge. Any one who knows how locks work knows that water flows to the sea not from the sea. As always a bunch of environmental extremists shut down something that would have been a boon to Florida.
I spend time on the Rodman Lake and the Ocklawaha River. Removing the dam will ruin this beautiful place.
No it will change it. Change it to the beautiful place it once was naturally. It will take time for it to heal but we've been shown time and again it happens faster than we expect. Within a few years we will realise it's all headed in the right direction. Man should have never attempted to control Florida's water system. Now we have to fix it. It's a net benefit to all of Florida even if it means a minority will lose. What needs to happen is the state and federal govt need to bring in the checkbook and pay property owners the current value of their property irregardless if they intend to sell or move. They have to make people whole. Then they need to remove the dam and let nature do the heavy lifting.
If the dam is gone, the lake will be gone. The river is still there. @@adamtedder1012
That dam goes the fishing will be a lot better.
@@katydavis4289 Now we got a lake and a river. If the dam is gone only a river.
@@katydavis4289 If the lake is gone, how can fishing be better? There is still a river there
Florida could pay to restore this beautiful waterway with taxes from legalizing cannabis.
Don't need to tax more. Taxes rarely go to what they are intended. It's removal of a dam that the federal govt is at least 50% responsible for. It should not be overly expensive or 100% our bill. For every one dollar you take from the people 3 are spent. 2.5 on fraud, waste and abuse. The last .50 is spent on the project. The Indian river lagoon restoration is an example, the Everglades restoration is an example. Both of those massive projects cost too much and are simply overcomplicated for the sake of contracts and jobs. Same ole story. Never look to give your money to govt for a solution. Both of those mentioned projects could be done with 1/3 the cost and with a year. I worked for govt, multiple agencies and they all run the same. Your tax money might ad well go in the trash. It's waste waste waste, hooking up friends of friends, ect ect. Our govt is in the world's highest debt but it doesn't have to be. They waste about 60% of the taxpayers money every year. We could not only pay the national debt but have a surplus within just a few years if you cut the fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption out. It made me sick but I didn't make the rules. The way Both the federal, state and local govts do their budgets and the laws governing contracts is what allows it. Many many many years ago contracts were awarded at cost benefit but that has long gone away. We never choose the lowest bidder. We choose who knows who and how will a chunk of the money find its way to the people awarding the contracts. That incentivises larger monetary contracts. Until the entire system is revised from the top down I would strongly advise not supporting any new taxes and even lowering the ones we have. Every dollar in the hands of the person who earned it is a dollar spent in a business supporting jobs of other workers who can keep their dollar to spend in a business and so on. It's a better use of the money until government can be fixed to actually provide the services we pay for.
@@adamtedder1012Now tell him about Fractional Reserve Banking.
Now tell him about Fractional reserve banking
@@adamtedder1012 Clearly y'all aren't paying attention to what happening in other parts of the country. MUCH worse fraud and abuse than in Florida.
@@adamtedder1012
AMEN! you nailed it!