RODMAN DAM MUST COME DOWN

Elizabeth Dougherty July 1, 2025 Environment, Featured Stories, Travel Features Leave a comment 2,478 Views

RODMAN DAM MUST COME DOWN


Food Travel USA with Elizabeth Dougherty

Album: The TRUTH About Food and Travel 062325
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Original Broadcast Date: 06/23/2025

Buried deep in the forests of North Central Florida lies a relic of environmental destruction—Rodman Dam. Built in the 1960s as part of the failed Cross Florida Barge Cana; project, the dam submerged 9,000 acres of pristine springs, wetlands, and ancient forest. Today, the dam still blocks the natural flow of the Ocklawaha River, cutting off manatees, fish, and water circulation from the St. Johns. In this week’s travel feature, Elizabeth traces the history of the dam’s controversial origin, exposes the corruption behind its continued maintenance, and highlights the bipartisan call for its removal. Despite decades of science showing the damage it causes, a small but powerful group of interests keeps it in place. This isn’t just about one dam—it’s about whether Florida will prioritize tourism gimmicks or embrace and protect its natural heritage.

Elizabeth takes you to the river—and dares you to look upstream.

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Using the chassis of a food and travel show, Elizabeth Dougherty has carved out her own lane in Talk Radio, covering the contamination of the food supply and the travel restrictions placed upon us by an overreaching government. The show also covers data protection, self-sufficiency, and homesteading-related topics to help protect us from this evil, corrupt system. With Elizabeth as the host, the show has a very different sound from the typical male-oriented talk radio. In combination with terrestrial stations that carry the show, we reach people who don’t normally listen to politically-driven talk radio. In addition to the LIVE FEED of the show on Saturday afternoons from 5pm–7pm (Eastern) / 2pm–4pm (Pacific), we produce and distribute a dozen podcast segments each week.

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Elizabeth Dougherty created FOOD TRAVEL USA in 2010 and continues to serve as the program’s host. FOOD TRAVEL USA is an ongoing weekly national radio and streaming entertainment program covering food, travel, consumer issues, airline and cruise travel, recreational vehicles, privacy, self-sufficiency and the stories affecting everyday American life. The two-hour program airs live every Friday from 5:00–7:00 PM Eastern / 2:00–4:00 PM Pacific and is available nationwide and worldwide through internet radio, streaming and podcast platforms.

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