This is a list of dams in Florida that have been removed as physical impediments to free-flowing rivers or streams. __TOC__
Removals by watershed
Apalachicola River
A dam on Kelly Branch, a tributary of the Apalachicola River, was removed by The Nature Conservancy in 2007 as part of Apalachicola Bluffs and Ravines Preserve. The removal was intended to restore habitat for the blacktail shiner.
Choctawhatchee Bay and East Bay Most dam removals in Florida have occurred at Eglin Air Force Base on waterways that drain to either Choctawhatchee Bay or East Bay. These projects were for the benefit of threatened or endangered aquatic species. For example, two dams that had been built to create water hazards for the base's Eagle Golf Course were removed in 2007–2008 to improve the habitat of the Okaloosa darter.
Completed removals Dam Height Year removed Location Watercourse Watershed Wilson Pond Dam 2017 Eglin Air Force BaseWalton County Tributary to Brier Creek Alaqua Bayou Dead Lakes Dam 1987 Wewahitchka Chipola River Apalachicola River Kelly Branch Dam 2007 Blountstown Kelly Branch Unnamed dam 2008 Eglin Air Force BaseNiceville Mill Creek Boggy Bayou Eagle Golf Course Dam 2007 Eglin Air Force BaseNiceville Anderson Pond Dam 2010 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Anderson Branch Estimated Dam 1423 2010 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Kendricks Pond Dam 2013 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Tributary to Turkey Creek Kepner Pond Dam 2008 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Tributary to Parrish Creek Hazelwood Pond Dam 2009 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Long Branch Pace's Dike Dam 1991 Big Cypress National PreserveMonroe County Gum Slough Everglades Dam and Lock 2000 Kissimmee River Kissimmee River Puddin Head Dam 2010 Rocky Bayou State ParkNiceville Steephead Stream Rocky Bayou Brandt Pond Dam 2018 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Fox Head Branch Brown Pond Dam 2009 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Tributary to Little Rocky Creek Buck Pond Dam 2018 Eglin Air Force BaseSanta Rosa County Double Head Branch Yellow River Metts Pond Dam 2019 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Holley Creek Atwell Pond Dam 2019 Eglin Air Force BaseSanta Rosa County Poplar Branch Lost Boy Pond Dam 2008 Eglin Air Force BaseOkaloosa County Tributary to Turkey Gobbler Creek
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