Only two of us showed up at Pafford’s Landing for the July Alapaha River cleanup, due to the weather and the state of the access road. But the Marines were there, with recruits! We got 60 pounds of trash, and the Marines rescued my boat.
Pafford’s Landing, trash, Alapaha River, Marines, boat, bags, potholes
See also Bobby McKenzie’s facebook video of Marines helping clean up.
Pafford’s Landing is just east of Lakeland, Georgia. It’s a few thousand feet downstream from Lakeland Boat Ramp on GA 122. Both are part of the Alapaha River Water Trail.
Pafford’s Landing, Lanier County, 09:09:24, 31.0453116, -83.0472046
Beach
Slope, 09:12:25, 31.0425822, -83.0421991
Alapaha River
Downstream, 09:13:13, 31.0425553, -83.0421730
Plastic
Nestle Pure Life, 09:27:25, 31.0425167, -83.0420885
Checkpoint
Bag of trash, 09:34:08, 31.0426558, -83.0421624
USMC
Marine recruits, 09:54:12, 31.0426340, -83.0421830
KR
Yes, I could have swum out and got my boat myself. I had already put on my PFD to do that, when I realized the Marines could do it better.
Loose kayak, 09:57:34, 31.0424503, -83.0422203
Send in the Marines, 10:04:57, 31.0417387, -83.0428494
Deep river, 10:05:19, 31.0417387, -83.0428494
Recruits, 10:05:38, 31.0417387, -83.0428494
Another Marine, 10:06:03, 31.0417094, -83.0429050
Also deep, 10:06:22, 31.0417094, -83.0429050
Ready to catch, 10:06:27, 31.0417090, -83.0429050
Here it comes, 10:06:55, 31.0415872, -83.0428512
Thanks, troops, 10:07:52, 31.0415872, -83.0428512
Thanks for your help, 10:08:11, 31.0417066, -83.0430884
To the recruits, 10:08:23, 31.0417050, -83.0430960
Catching trash
Bottle, 10:10:53, 31.0417089, -83.0432346
More bottles, 10:12:30, 31.0415078, -83.0432548
Bobby McKenzie, 10:14:13, 31.0414760, -83.0432200
Liquor bottle, 10:17:32, 31.0415542, -83.0427495
Natural foam, 10:19:03, 31.0414194, -83.0424765
High river, 10:21:00, 31.0422450, -83.0418310
Weighing
17 pounds this bag, 10:34:37, 31.0429443, -83.0426271
Potholes
Movie: Little pothole, 10:34:37, (22M) 31.0429443, -83.0426271
Movie: Four potholes, (72M) 31.0429443, -83.0426271
Lakeland
N. Brantley St. road marker, Mill Creek 00318185, 10:53:35, 31.0470100, -83.0701720
N. Brantley St. culvert, Mill Creek 00318185, 10:53:37, 31.0469990, -83.0701560
Lakeland WPCP seen from N. Brantley St., 10:53:48, 31.0469910, -83.0701520
10:53:56, 31.0469905, -83.0701516
Robert Simpson Nature Trail, 10:55:00, 31.0425080, -83.0735730
Lake Irma east end, 10:56:43, 31.0435210, -83.0781010
Lake Irma west end, 10:56:47, 31.0435420, -83.0781030
N. Pecan St. Bridge over Mill Creek 00318185, Lake Irma, 10:57:04, 31.0434930, -83.0781150
For more WWALS outings, see https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members get a list of upcoming outings in the WWALS Tannin Times membership newsletter.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Short Link:
Pingback: Cleanup Paffords Landing, Alapaha River 2021-07-24 | WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®