Excellent comments from Okefenokee Swamp Park, requesting at least three public hearings by the Army Corps, plus independent research, in addition to a full Environmental Impact Statement. When I received them from Dr. Clark last night, he asked me to circulate them widely; see also PDF.
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Hurricane Dorian expected this weekend 2019-08-31
Update 2019-08-29: All Amtrak trains and Greyhound buses from Virginia to coastal Georgia cancelled for Sunday and Saturday, and flights even if not canceled are absurdly expensive at this late date, so I’m not leaving for Virginia today; I’ll be staying here for the duration. And these cancellations indicate Amtrak and Greyhound at least are considering Dorian something to worry about.
Hurricane Dorian is expected to be category 4 (130-156 mph winds) when it lands Monday somewhere on the east coast of Florida, and we could see tropical storm winds (39-73 mph) in Cedar Key Saturday and in Valdosta Sunday.
![[Winds, Tropical Storm Force, Earliest Reasonable Time of Arrival]](http://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-08-31--hurricane-dorian/144746_earliest_reasonable_toa_no_wsp_34.jpg)
National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Dorian, Winds, Tropical Storm Force, Earliest Reasonable Time of Arrival
The storm could go right over Valdosta like the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane, Continue reading
Pictures: Banks Lake Full Flower and Osprey Moon Paddle 2019-05-18
We saw the pair of nesting ospreys at their nest, on the Banks Lake Full Flower Moon Paddle.
![[Osprey, nest, bird watcher]](http://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-05-18--banks-lake-full-flower-moon-paddle/20190518_202721.jpg)
The sunset was impressive.
![[Among paddlers]](http://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-05-18--banks-lake-full-flower-moon-paddle/20190518_195826.jpg)
The moon came out from behind the clouds.
![[Luna paddler]](http://www.wwals.net/pictures/2019-05-18--banks-lake-full-flower-moon-paddle/20190518_213118.jpg)
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Banks Lake Full Flower Moon Paddle, 2019-05-18
Join us for our monthly Full Moon paddle and star gazing at Banks Lake. The sun will set at 8:23 p.m. Come early enough to prep your boat so that we are on the lake by 7:30 p.m. We will have plenty of time to enjoy a beautiful sunset, the moon rise and watch the stars come out. Sunsets are usually spectacular. The moon will rise at 8:20 p.m. We will enjoy the view while leisurely paddling through the cypress trees before it gets dark while we look for birds, alligators and bats.
Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, Banks Lake, 2019-04-20
When: Gather 7:00 PM, launch 7:30 PM, Saturday, May 18, 2019
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County.
Take Out: Banks Lake Boat Ramp
Bring: the a light for your boat or some type of light to have on yourself (glow stick, head lamp, or flashlight), and bring a rope for your boat. You must wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD). A whistle is not required, but it’s a good idea in the dark. Dress for cold weather, the temperature drops quickly after the sun sets. Also trash pickers and trash bags: every WWALS outing is also a cleanup. Mosquitoes can be bad at the boat ramp but are not a problem on the water. We recommend beautyberry: works just as good as commercial repellant.
Free: This outing is free to WWALS members, and $10 (ten dollars) for non-members. We recommend you support the work of WWALS by becoming a WWALS member today!
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Rescheduled: Banks Lake Full Pink Moon Paddle, 2019-04-20
Rescheduled from Friday to Saturday due to weather.
Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, of windstorm damage, 2019-04-19
Outings leader Dan Phillips decided, due to another line of weather coming in this evening, that it would be safest to reschedule to the next day, so he did.
Join us on a leisurely sunset paddle to watch the sun set and the full moon rise over the Banks Lake, a mini-Okefenokee near Lakeland, Georgia.
When: Gather 7:00 PM, launch 7:30 PM, Saturday, April 20, 2019
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County.
Take Out: Banks Lake Boat Ramp
Bring: the a light for your boat or some type of light to have on yourself (glow stick, head lamp, or flashlight), and bring a rope for your boat. You must wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD). A whistle is not required, but it’s a good idea in the dark. Dress for cold weather, the temperature drops quickly after the sun sets. Also trash pickers and trash bags: every WWALS outing is also a cleanup.
Free: This outing is free to WWALS members, and $10 (ten dollars) for non-members. We recommend you support the work of WWALS by becoming a WWALS member today!
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Delayed a day: Troupville to Spook Bridge, Withlacoochee River, 2019-02-03
It rained, and the river rose a bit, so we will paddle Sunday morning instead, unless it rains again or rises too much. Still on the Little River from Troupville Boat Ramp, then the Withlacoochee River to Spook Bridge. That’s right, Spook Bridge, thanks to The Langdale Company, which has arranged for us to take out just below the bridge.
River swirling by access 30.7898100, -83.4517500
This is not public access. Langdale is making it available to WWALS for this February outing and for Paddle Georgia in June 2019. This takeout, while still up a steep riverbank, is much easier than climbing up those loose highway abutment rocks between the US 84 highway bridges. So I hope everyone will thank The Langdale Company.
See previous post for outing details. Continue reading
Rochelle details, and Tifton spills at Agrirama Lift Station 2019-01-15
Tifton, and any other cities: if you keep spilling from the same place whenever there’s a big rain, maybe it’s not the rain that’s excessive. Maybe your sewage infrastructure is inadequate and you should fix it.
One day a week ago GA-EPD included latitude and longitude in the spreadsheet,
with this for Tifton’s Agrirama Lake Lift Station:
31.464770, -83.530532, shown here on the
WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT).
In yesterday’s GA-EPD Sewage Spills Report we have a little more detail on the 300-gallon Rochelle, GA spill: Continue reading
Marion County Comprehensive Plan to reject Coastal Connector? 2019-01-15
Maybe you’d like to show up 2PM tomorrow, Tuesday, January 15, 2019, and encourage the Marion County, FL, BOCC to adopt into the county’s Comprehensive Plan a Resolution they passed June 5, 2018, which would help head off future road boondoggles. The resolution opposes any Coastal Connector highway routes through Marion County.
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DRAFT Areas of Opportunity, 4/6/2016
When: 2PM, Tuesday, January 14, 2019
Where:
McPherson Governmental Complex,
601 SE 25th Ave., Ocala, FL 34471
What: Item 14.B.4. on the agenda is adopting the resolution into the county’s Comprehensive Plan.
Event: facebook
As juries recently decided about easement for the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline (which Marion County also opposed), “full compensation” is not the same as “just compensation” for road rights of way, either:
J. It must be recognized that the issue is not simply the payment of “full compensation” to owners of the most valuable equine and agricultural properties in Marion County. Rather, it must be recognized that as a result of any of these corridors, the required right-of-way acquisitions and resulting construction of the proposed facility will not only damage, but may destroy many of these important operations in Marion County, and consequently, negatively impact the economic vitality and long-range growth of Marion County; and
Gouging pipelines or highways through farm or horse land or under rivers destroys what they traverse. No amount of compensation would be sufficient.
If you’re nearby, this would be good opportunity to stand up for water, environment, and property rights.
Janet Barrow Letter
WWALS member Janet Barrow sent them this letter. EAR is Continue reading
WWALS to PHMSA: Sabal Trail Map and Hildreth Compressor Station Leak 2018-12-19
Sent today via email as PDF. -jsq
December 19 , 2018
To: Director James Urisko < James.Urisko@dot.gov >, 404-832-1150
Southern Region Office
PHMSA Office of Pipeline Safety
233 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 600
Atlanta, GA 30303
Cc: Community Liaisons:
James A. Kelly < James.Kelly@dot.gov >, 404-990-1848
Arthur Buff < Arthur.Buff@dot.gov >, 404-226-6153
Re: Sabal Trail Map and Hildreth Compressor Station Leak 2018-09-29
Dear Director Urisko,
On November 13, 2018, I sent you a list of sixteen questions about Sabal Trail’s leak at its Hildreth Compressor Station in Suwannee County, Florida, on September 29, 2018.
The only response I have received was Continue reading
Pictures: Hike to the Dead River Sink 2018-01-27
It was a nice day for a Hike to the Dead River Sink in the Alapaha Quest on the Alapaha River Water Trail, with Practicing Geologist Dennis J. Price of Hamilton County, Florida. Here are some pictures and a Google map from Saturday, January 27, 2018.
![[Almost there, 13:16:34, 30.5837666, -83.0535975]](http://www.wwals.net/pictures/2018-01-27--hike-dead-river-sink/20180127_131634.jpg)
Almost there, 13:16:34, 30.5837666, -83.0535975
You can come along when we do it again in January 2019. Continue reading