Ken Lowe tried paddling up from Miller Bridge and found these deadfalls, presumably blown down by Hurricane Helene. Little River Deadfalls, upstream from Morven Road, towards Folsom Bridge, –Ken Lowe 2025-04-26 They start about 2/3 of a mile up, and the last one is about 1 1/4 mile up. It’s only 3 1/4 miles all […]
Update 2025-04-18: Clean Rivers and most creeks; dirty Sugar Creek 2025-04-16. Drum roll, please! The long-awaited, yet unexpected: clean Sugar Creek! Even after the rain Monday. Also the Little River was clean upstream and down, and the Withlacoochee River was clean near Valdosta. But downstream the Withlacoochee River was dirty. Makes me wonder what happened […]
Update 2025-02-28: Clean Franks Creek 2025-02-26 and Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers 2025-02-27. We do not have any updates on Sugar Creek, but the recent rains probably washed more contamination into it. Valdosta Utilities got too high E. coli downstream on the Withlacoochee River at GA 133 for Wednesday. But OK results farther down at US […]
Thanks to Chris Graham for leading this one, and to Edwin Brunot for the pictures. Little River Upstream 2014-06-28, Troupville Boat Ramp, GA 133 We got maybe a mile and a half upstream from Troupville Boat Ramp, on GA 133, St. Augustine Road, west of I-75 Exit 18, at Val Tech Road. We saw shoals, […]
Update 2024-11-10: Filthy Sugar Creek and Withlacoochee River 2024-11-08. Valdosta Utilities got bad results for the Withlacoochee River at GA 133 for Wednesday, and WWALS got much worse for Thursday. Plus the Little River at Troupville Boat Ramp (also GA 133) tested about as bad for Thursday. Valdosta reported seven sewage spills, two ongoing. All […]
That was a very productive chainsaw cleanup, even though we didn’t even get three miles up the Little River from Red Roberts Landing. Many deadfalls, Little River Chainsaw Cleanup, Red Roberts Landing 2024-09-21 Darlene Ray, Paris & Tommy Stoeffler, Tish Hall, Lon Kemeness, John S. Quarterman Here are some video snippets: https://youtu.be/kw0agoUEObA It was a […]
Update 2024-11-02: Pictures: Red Roberts Little River Upstream Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-09-21. Come take pictures, collect trash, or pull limbs out of the way. You do not have to saw. Kayaks and canoes welcome, to accompany the WWALS jon boat and 9.9 hp outboard. Upstream half a mile are two big deadfalls we will chainsaw. Another […]
We have a request to clear at least two deadfalls on the Little River that are obstructing passage to a fishing lake. Trashjam, Rountree Lake, and map, Little River above Red Roberts Landing The deadfalls are about half a mile upstream from Rountree Bridge and Red Roberts Landing.
Update 2024-02-23: Ribbon cutting for Water Quality Testing Lab at Valdosta Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant 2024-03-05. A major spill takes 10,000 gallons, so Tifton spilled less than that at 7,000 gallons, making it a minor spill. Tifton Golden Road 7,000-gallon sewage spill into Little River 2024-02-12 According to the February 19, 2024, GA-EPD Sewage Spills […]
Update 2024-04-25 Cancelled by outing leader. WWALS charter board member Bret Wagenhorst will guide a tour of the Little River from Red Roberts Landing to Reed Bingham State Park Lake. All reservations online in advance, limited to 20 paddlers. When: Gather 8 AM, launch 9 AM, end 12 PM, Saturday, April 27, 2024 Put In: […]
