A 56-mile, free-flowing "Source to the Sea" -- from its Silver Springs supreme headwaters to its St. Johns River estuary -- mainstream Ocklawaha River needs your help! And what will it cost you? You can "vote" for an un-obstructed Ocklawaha River - Silver River - Silver Springs system FOR FREE! Think of more fresh water for the St. Johns and more artesian springs for recreation! Show your support for the free migration -- St. Johns River to Silver Springs -- of the Florida manatee, channel catfish, and Atlantic-race STRIPED BASS. Note that the native Atlantic-race STRIPED BASS lost its only suitable spawning habitat of the entire St. Johns River basin (and the most southern in the U.S.) when Rodman (Kirkpatrick) Dam was closed across the Ocklawaha River on September 30, 1968. Riverine LARGEMOUTH BASS have been native to the Ocklawaha River for thousands of years -- they don't need Rodman Dam or Rodman Reservoir for their survival! From "Ocklawahaman" Paul Nosca and my "better half" Capt. Erika Ritter: THANK YOU to all who have already signed FOR FREE (and had your "vote" counted)! Thousands would be great -- or tens or hundreds of thousands or a million! FOR a "Real-Florida-By-God", free-flowing "Source to the Sea" 56-mile Ocklawaha River - Silver River - Silver Springs system! Sincerely, "Ocklawahaman" Paul Nosca and the Captain!