Update 2020-02-03: Rivers maybe finally clean after Valdosta sewage: but Okapilco Creek and need weekly testing 2020-01-31 Good news: the Withlacoochee River tested clean Wednesday. Still puzzling: Okapilco Creek did not. Where is the contamination coming from? What about Valdosta? How can you help? Photo: John S. Quarterman, Ducks with reference human, Josh Tison, at […]
Running through Thomas and Brooks Counties, Georgia to the Withlacoochee River, Piscola Creek is on the USDA National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) as two of the three Georgia Priority Watersheds, all of which are in WWALS watersheds. Upper Piscola Creek Watershed encompasses 25,936 acres of land in the southeast part […]
Downstream from Spook Bridge on the Withlacoochee River, Phil Hubbard and I took a side trip up Okapilco Creek. Okapilco Creek 2025-03-22, Withlacoochee River, Piscola Creek, Patrick Creek We passed Piscola Creek and Patrick Creek. We went up Okapilco Creek about a mile. Then we encountered a deadfall across the creek. We could have sawed […]
We cut a deadfall in the Withlacoochee River just below Wetherington Branch, below Valdosta’s treated outfall from its Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant. We found Okapilco Creek, cut a few deadfalls in there, and collected some trash on the creek and from the river. Including two blue barrels labeled Black Tea Extract that apparently had been […]
Update 2020-05-04: Clean Withlacoochee River, less bad Crooked Creek 2020-05-02. Update 2020-05-03: WWALS tester Suzy Hall says she got zero (no) E. coli at the GA 31 bridge (State Line Boat Ramp) for yesterday, Saturday, May 2, 2020. Good news, boaters, fishers, swimmers: apparently the Withlacoochee River is clean this weekend. This is because of […]
Update 2020-02-04: Clean Withlacoochee, Okapilco Creek (mostly), and Little River 2020-02-02. More good news: the Withlacoochee River above the Little River Confluence tested zero (0) for E. coli on Friday, for the first time since Valdosta’s record-largest raw sewage spill. If this good news continues, eventually WWALS (and Lowndes County) will take down our warning […]
Update 2020-01-23: Okapilco Creek better, Withlacoochee still clean 2020-01-22. The good news: Gretchen Quarterman’s test results from the Mayor’s Paddle Saturday were clean. Photo: Suzy Hall, of Gretchen Quarterman testing during Mayor’s Paddle 2020-01-18 The Withlacoochee River tested clean all the way from the state line to the Suwannee, and the Suwannee River clean all […]
Funds are available for farmers, ranchers, and forest owners to help clean up two creeks in WWALS watersheds: Deep Creek in Turner County, a tributary of the Alapaha River, and Piscola Creek in Thomas and Brooks Counties, a tributary of the Withlacoochee River. The deadline for applications is May 16th. WCTV via AP 5 April […]
Tomorrow (Thursday) at 6 PM at the Brooks County Courthouse is a Town Hall for the county to hear from citizens about solar power. According to a Brooks County Attorney, “At this time there are no active applications for solar in Brooks County. There is a moratorium on solar applications until February of 2025 (unless […]
We will take two jon boats with outboards and chainsaws to find and remove any deadfalls, collect trash, and find the mouth of Okapilco Creek. There is a seat or two available in the jon boats. Feel free to come along with a kayak or canoe. We can tow on a rope. Or join in […]
