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254 <br />1 R. SHUMAN <br />Rodman <br />r <br /> <br />Reservoir St. Johns River <br />i r• <br />_ w <br />a'. <br />A,. <br />4s <br />Ocklawah <br />iver <br />Rodman Damr ' . <br />1 <br />KILOMETERS <br />0 4.8 9.8 <br />uay <br />Ba <br />•w <br />Figure 1. Location of Rodman Reservoir within the Lower Ocklawaha River watershed in Florida <br />hazards and provide current economic benefit. Environmental considerations are not always clear, especially <br />when anadromous fish are not as severely affected as they are for these four dams. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR DAM REMOVAL: A CURRENT EXAMPLE <br />Research studies on the Ocklawaha River, north-central Florida, are currently underway which are designed <br />to provide an environmental assessment of retention and removal alternatives for Rodman Dam (Figure 1). <br />The fate of this dam is extremely controversial in the state, and has been for over two decades. The suite of <br />studies and approach comprising this environmental assessment of alternatives is based both on the issues <br />surrounding this specific dam and the knowledge learned from the past and proposed dam removals <br />reviewed here. The Rodman Dam alternatives assessment approach is discussed here as a prototype for <br />future dam removal environmental assessments.