Update 2023-03-24: Videos: Trash, Okefenokee, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting, WWALS Gala on Scott James radio 92.1.FM 2023-03-24.
Friday morning at 8:30 AM, Suwannee Riverkeeper will talk trash with Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson on his radio show, Talk 92.1 FM.
https://talk921.com/
WWALS and the City of Valdosta are doing a cleanup Saturday at Two Mile Branch; meet at 507 Mack Drive and park on Howell Brook Drive. The city is finally moving a bit on trash traps, but there is much more to do, including having the City Marshalls inform businesses of the city trash ordinances, including potential fines and other penalties.
We’ll also talk about
saving the Okefenokee Swamp from a strip mine,
and why
9 Riverkeepers of Georgia
+
15 Waterkeepers of Florida
= 22 Waterkeepers of Georgia and Florida opposing that mine.
You can still send your comment to GA-EPD via TwinPines.Comment@dnr.ga.gov
Everyone please welcome WWALS Development Director Veronica Oakler of Madison, Florida, who started March 1st.
She is already working with a committee on the WWALS Gala, to be held this September, incorporating the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
Before that, come to the BIG Little Paddle Event at Reed Bingham State Park, Saturday, April, 29, 2023, where WWALS charter board member Bret Wagenhorst will lead a nature tour.
Facebook event:
For more about the trash issue, see:
For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see:
WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
Short Link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/200302832733260
https://wwals.net/issues/trash/
https://wwals.net/outings/.
https://wwals.net/donations/