I am a NOT a member of and I am NOT affiliated with any "non-profit" organization! And it is not my wish to be some kind of a community activist at environmental gatherings and such. I do not seek, and I will not accept your $$$ for my work for conservation. But I do believe in the restoration of a free-flowing Ocklawaha-Silver River system and have been advocating for it since 2006.
STRIPED BASS should be allowed once again a decent chance to be able to reproduce naturally in the St. Johns River system instead of being stocked (mostly from South Carolina stock) by the USFWS fish hatchery in Welaka. STRIPERS haven't successfully spawned in this basin since Rodman Dam was closed across the Ocklawaha River on 1968-09-30.
My best work is done from a canoe out along a jungle-lined stream. I'm a 73-year-old US ARMY veteran of E. Asia. If I see no other human out in the boonies all day besides maybe a close friend that is just fine with me as I am a loner by nature. BASS FISHING is a passion of mine that I started to enjoy back in 1965 when I was 13 years old.
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The Florida Constitution allows any possible OVERRIDE of the Governor's veto ONLY at its very next session -- whether SPECIAL (anytime rest of 2025) or REGULAR (Spring 2026) -- whichever comes first, so we have only ONE SHOT at this! I hope that all the other restoration supporters understand this. My own State Senator is Stan McClain. At some point all of us would need to email FOR-FREE-$$$ our own district's Florida State Senator and Florida State Representative to express our desire for an OVERRIDE.
OCKLAWAHA RIVER RESTORATION: Rally FL LEGISLATURE to OVERRIDE GOVERNOR DESANTIS' VETO!
SIGN-FOR-FREE-$$$!
On June 30, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) performed a line-item veto of the $6.25 million that the Florida Legislature in SB 2500 had approved and appropriated in the 2025-2026 FY budget that was delivered to the Governor on 6/27/25.
Then on July 11, 2025, Kevin Spear of the "Orlando Sentinel" newspaper in his editorial FLOATED THE IDEA of the Florida Legislature OVERRIDING Governor DeSantis' VETO of the $6.25 million appropriation for OCKLAWAHA RIVER RESTORATION!
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