Come help us clean up more trash jams we found last time.
Most of it is legacy trash from Valdosta.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 10 AM, end 3 PM, Saturday, August 5, 2023
Put In: Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 6499 Knights Ferry Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601, in Lowndes County.
GPS: 30.71205, -83.45554
Floating trash jam 2023-04-08 and
on-land trash 2022-12-17
Take Out: Nankin Boat Ramp
Bring: Cleanup materials will be provided, but if you’ve got a trash picker, bring it along.
Free: This outing is free to everyone, because it is a cleanup!
We recommend you support the work of WWALS by
becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations
Duration: 5 hours
Paddle: 3.58 miles, 3 hours.
Shuttle: 10 miles, 15 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.
Gauge: US 84
Host: Russell McBride
Contact: Suzy Hall
Backup: in case of high or low water is: Cancel
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.
Trash:
For more about the trash situation, see:
https://wwals.net/issues/trash/
-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!
https://wwals.net/donations
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