A fun couple of hours and a truckload of #Rivers Alive trash picked up in and around the Alapaha River at Lakeland Boat Ramp and Pafford’s Landing, on the Alapaha River Water Trail, yesterday, October 12, 2019.

Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, WWALS #RiversAlive Alapaha River

Lakeland Boat Ramp

Pictures by John S. Quarterman for WWALS, except as otherwise noted.

Access road

Woods road

Alapaha River

Sand bar

Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, First bit of beach

Tom H. Johnson Jr.

T2 times two

T2 in the cypress knees

T2 circus act

In the tree roots

Trash diving

Emerging

With catch

Dead Mussels

And there was much green algae in the river.

Beach full

All sizes

#RiversAlive

That’s a pile of trash.

Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, WWALS #RiversAlive Pafford’s Landing

Photo: Gretchen Quarterman, This stuff does not belong in the river, or in the woods. People, do better. #RiversAlive

To the dump

For future reference, the Lanier County dump is open on Saturdays, and is located at 31.053388, -83.069456, which is just north up GA 135 from the fire tower of Forestry Commission, 907 N Brantley St, Lakeland, GA 31635.

Just past the fire tower, north up GA 135

See also facebook pictures by:

• Suzy Sparkman Hall
• Tom H. Johnson Jr.
• Sara Jay
• Gretchen Quarterman, and hers are also on the WWALS website.

Related:

• ARWT Pafford’s Landing sign
• Fundraising for water trail signs

For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS calendar or the WWALS outings and events web page. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.

Coming up today is Banks Lake Full Hunter’s Moon Paddle 2019-10-13: come watch the sun set and the moon rise!

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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