Update 2023-06-20: Rescheduled: Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2023-06-24 to merge with Sugar Creek to Troupville, Withlacoochee River Cleanup 2023-07-22.
We need volunteers to pick up trash while a few people chainsaw some deadfalls.
Our main target this time is one remaining big deadfall between I-75 and GA 133.
Yes, this stretch from Sugar Creek to Troupville is the same as for the plain old cleanup a month later.
When: 9 AM, Saturday, June 24, 2023
Put In: Meet at the back of the Salty Snapper parking lot, 1405 Gornto Rd, Valdosta, GA 31602 and we’ll put in at the railroad tracks.
![[A deadfall between I-75 and GA 133, and a previous deadfall]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-24--chainsaw-cleanup-withlacoochee-river/many.jpg)
A deadfall between I-75 and GA 133, and a previous deadfall
Take Out: Troupville Boat Ramp
Bring: the usual personal flotation device, boat, paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit.
Also trash pickers and trash bags: every WWALS outing is also a cleanup.
And a chainsaw if you have one and you know how to use it in a boat.
Free: This outing is free, because it is a cleanup!
We recommend you support the work of WWALS by
becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations
Duration: 4 hours
Paddle: 4 miles, 3.5 hours.
Shuttle: 2.4 miles, 20 minutes.
This outing includes the traditional WWALS shuttle.
Everybody takes their boats to the put-in,
most people drive to the take-out,
and the drivers pile into one or two vehicles
and go back to the put-in.
Host: Phil Hubbard
Contact: John S. Quarterman
Backup: in case of high or low water is: Cancel
Gauge: Valdosta US 41 Withlacoochee River gauge. Highest safe 12.7 feet, 123′ NAVD. Lowest boatable 5.7 feet, 116′ NAVD.
More: For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
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