Helen Tapp sent Georgia-Alabama Land Trust to look at her Land Between the Rivers for a conservation agreement. Their Regional Stewardship Manager, Rachel Mingea, came and got the full experience, from the wildest areas near the Withlacoochee River to Old Broad Street to the Little River Confluence viewscape.
Little River Confluence, possible landing for Troupville River Camp, Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter and Rachel Mingea of GA-AL Land Trust, Oak clearing at Withlacoochee River
She even met Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter at Troupville Boat Ramp. They were both enthusiastic about getting something worked out and moving on to the county or Valdosta or some combination purchasing those 74 acres to add to the 49-acre park around Troupville Boat Ramp to make a Troupville River Park nature preserve, with a Troupville River Camp on it, all at the site of Troupville, the former county seat of Lowndes County.
Here are a few pictures.
Withlacoochee River, slightly upstream, 11:17:58, 30.8455041, -83.3455051
A slough (old path of the river), 11:21:32, 30.8456098, -83.3452477
Slough exits to Withlacoochee River, 11:22:34, 30.8456214, -83.3449666
Ogeechee limes, 11:27:30, 30.8462971, -83.3447758
Slough to Withlacoochee River, 11:35:33, 30.8480089, -83.3435361
Riverbank, 11:44:35, 30.8471151, -83.3416546
GA 133 Bridge, Withlacoochee River, 11:52:27, 30.8547925, -83.3343504
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Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter, Rachel Mingea of GA-AL Land Trust, 12:14:03, 30.8514870, -83.3470030
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Little River Confluence with Withlacoochee River, 12:31:34, 30.8471280, -83.3475880
Oak clearing with dogs and Withlacoochee River, 12:41:33, 30.8454382, -83.3468366
Possible landing location for Troupville River Camp, 12:44:11, 30.8459117, -83.3472804
Here are a few more pictures of the site.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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Great news. It is exciting and also a bit surprising that the Lowndes County Commission is coming around to the importance of environmental protection, preservation, and tourism to south Georgia today.