WWALS Watershed Coalition advocates for conservation and stewardship of the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds in south Georgia and north Florida through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.
You can send in your song by the deadline of July 8, 2020, for the Third Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, August 22, 2020, at the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta, Georgia: wwals.net/pictures/2020-08-22–songwriting/ Photo: Sara and Scotti Jay for WWALS, of Norene Olsen singing Driftin Down the Suwannee at the 2019 Suwannee Riverkeeper […]
Update 2020-04-01: Here is the entry form. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (see also PDF) Song submissions open April First (no fooling!): Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest Hahira, Georgia, March 30, 2020 — Bigger and with a new venue, the Turner Center for the Arts, the Third Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest seeks songs. Submissions open Wednesday, April […]
Update 2020-03-30: Song submissions open April First (no fooling!): Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest Stay tuned for a press release about the Third Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest! Song submissions will open April 1, 2020 (no fooling!), for the Contest, in which Finalists will play for the Judges and You, Saturday, August 22, 2020. From last […]
We urge everyone else to also send the Army Corps a comment letter asking for an extension of the comment deadline and for public hearings. For more things you can do to oppose this bad mining application, see How to Comment. Map: TPM Mine, Okefenokee Swamp, Suwannee River in the WWALS map of All Public […]
Gainesville Sun, 12:01 AM, Monday, March 16, 2020, John S. Quarterman: More testing needed to track river pollution (see also PDF), Fecal bacterial contamination from Georgia probably reached the Gulf of Mexico about March 3, 2020, according to the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD). Tifton to the Gulf In the WWALS map of all […]
Update 2020-03-19: Earth Day Cleanup Postponed due to pandemic: WWALS, Georgia Power, Valdosta, and Brooks County, GA, Madison County, FL. Update 2020-03-14: Much better water quality: Withlacoochee River, Okapilco Creek 2020-03-11. Joe Brownlee is bringing Georgia Power people and a grill to the Earth Day Cleanup, 8AM, Saturday, April 18, 2020, at Knights Ferry Boat […]
Update 2020-03-05: Cleaner Withlacoochee Monday, Tuesday; Suwannee unknown 2020-03-03 Whatever the Saturday contamination is, by Monday it had apparently moved downstream from FL 51 (Hal W. Adams bridge between Mayo and Luraville). Unfortunately, it is not expected to dilute or dissipate. More likely it will be unhealthy all the way to the Gulf. You can […]
The good news: both Valdosta and FDEP are posting testing results on their websites. There’s a catalog of those and WWALS’ results at wwals.net/issues/testing/. The better news: Valdosta is testing three times a week, FDOH once a week, and FDEP is testing again, after saying it wouldn’t. The really bad news: Thursday test results say […]
Per popular request, Suwannee Riverkeeper will have a booth at Florida SpringsFest. Suwannee Riverkeeper at Florida SpringsFest 2020 When: 10 AM to 4 PM, Saturday and Sunday, March 7-8, 2020 Where: Silver Springs State Park, 1425 NE 58th Ave., Ocala, FL 34470 What: “Join us 10am to 4pm at Silver Springs State Park to learn […]
