Update 2025-04-14: Videos. The weather was perfect, the river and springs were crystal clear, the company was congenial, and there were many turtles and birds (and tubers), on the Ichetucknee River in spring. Ichetucknee River, Springs, Turtles, Birds, Tubers 2025-04-05, North Launch past South Launch, to US 27 Bridge Thanks to Janet Martin for organizing […]
Update 2024-08-16: Clean Withlacoochee River 2024-08-14. The Withlacoochee, Alapaha, Ichetucknee, and Santa Fe Rivers tested clean. Evidently any contamination Hurricane Debby washed in has been diluted by the massive amount of water. One new sewage spill was reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida, inland in High Springs; see below. […]
Update 2024-05-31: Ashburn and Quitman sewage spills reported 2024-05-22. With no rain for four days, the Withlacoochee, Santa Fe, and Ichetucknee Rivers tested clean this Wednesday. We have no Valdosta data, because it’s a holiday weekend. The only sewage spill reported this week was an old small one from Tifton, far upstream. There’s a chance […]
Due to predicted inclement weather, the State Park and its Friends organization have cancelled Iche Nippy Dip Day. So WWALS has cancelled this dip and paddle. Dippers, Put-in, Paddlers, 2020-01-04 We will work on scheduling a future similar event. For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, […]
Update 2023-01-03: Cancelled due to predicted inclement weather. Swim in the Itch head spring, during Iche Nippy Dip Day, the annual first-Saturday-in-January-that-is-not-New-Year-Day dip. Then join us for a leisurely paddle 4 miles downstream in crystal clear waters with the possibility of seeing manatee, several types of gar and bird species. The launching spot has been […]
Update 2025-05-11: Pictures: Ichetucknee River in the State Park 2025-04-05. Rescheduled again to April 5, 2025, because of river closure: they were still cleaning Hurricane Helene debris out of the river through the previous date. We apologize for the inconvenience. We are also disappointed. But neither we nor the park control hurricanes, and the park […]
Update 2025-02-15: Because the river was still closed for hurricane debris removal, Rescheduled: Ichetucknee to Santa Fe Rivers 2025-04-05. Rescheduled to February 22, 2025, because of park closure. Join us on a leisurely paddle on the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe Rivers, starting at Ichetucknee Springs State Park North Entrance, past many springs, taking out at […]
Update 2025-01-25: Due to park closure, Rescheduled: Ichetucknee to Santa Fe Rivers 2025-02-22. Rescheduled to February 1, 2025, due to schedule conflict. Join us on a leisurely paddle on the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe Rivers, starting at Ichetucknee Springs State Park North Entrance, past many springs, taking out at the US 129 Boat Ramp. When: […]
Update 2024-11-24: Rescheduled due to schedule conflict: Rescheduled: Ichetucknee to Santa Fe Rivers 2025-02-01. Join us on a leisurely paddle on the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe Rivers, starting at Ichetucknee Springs State Park North Entrance, past many springs, taking out at the US 129 Boat Ramp. When: Gather 8:30 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 4 […]
Update 2024-06-21: Clean Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and Santa Fe Rivers, problem on One Mile Branch 2024-06-19. With no rain for a week, four rivers tested clean, except the Santa Fe River at US 129 (Guy Lemmon) Ramp was above the one-time limit for E. coli. No sewage spills were reported in the past week in the […]
