Thanks to Kimberly Godden Tanner for leading and sending these pictures of the Banks Lake Full Flower Moon Paddle, Thursday evening, May 23, 2024.
![[Banks Lake Full flower Moon --Kim Tanner 2024-05-23, Sunset, Moonrise]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-05-23--banks-lake-full-flower-moon-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Banks Lake Full flower Moon –Kim Tanner 2024-05-23, Sunset, Moonrise
For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. Continue reading
Update 2024-05-30: Pictures: Florida Folk Festival Sunday 2024-05-26.
People kept asking to sign the petition for a Florida Constitutional Amendment for Right to Clean Water.
![[Florida Folk Festival, Saturday 2024-05-25, Livelier. Most popular:, Right to Clean Water Petition]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-05-25--florida-folk-festival-saturday/igmany.jpg)
Florida Folk Festival, Saturday 2024-05-25, Livelier. Most popular:, Right to Clean Water Petition
We’ll have more of those petitions today, on the banks of the Suwannee River in White Springs, Florida, at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park. Continue reading
The petition for a Florida Constitutional Amendment for Right to Clean Water brought many people to the WWALS Booth. They went away with a WWALS flyer, so RTCW meshes will with other WWALS activities.
![[Florida Folk Festival, Sunday 2024-05-26, Florida Petition for Right to Clean Water]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-05-26--florida-folk-festival-sunday-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Florida Folk Festival, Sunday 2024-05-26, Florida Petition for Right to Clean Water
Sarah Younger of Sierra Club Suwannee-St. Johns Group shows how to sign the petition. We got 90 signatures on the banks of the Suwannee River in White Springs, Florida, at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park.
Florida registered voters can sign any time:
https://www.floridarighttocleanwater.org
Each signature gets us (and all the other groups participating) closer to getting the petition through Florida Supreme Court review and onto the 2026 ballot. The beauty of it is that it doesn’t go through governor or the legislature. And once it gets on the ballot, environmental constitutional amendments tend to get approved by huge margins. Which will put it in Article I, along with other basic human rights such as freedom of speech.
Many thanks to WWALS volunteers Gee Edwards and Bird Chamberlain for helping. Continue reading
Update 2025-01-19: Pictures: WWALS at Hahira Pride 2024-06-01.
Join us Saturday afternoon in Hahira, at Music and Art on Main, this one by South Georgia Pride.
We’ll be talking about outings, advocacy, and the WWALS River Revue.
![[WWALS Booth at Pride in Hahira 2024-06-01, Music and Art on Main, South Georgia Pride]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-06-01--pride-hahira/fbmany.jpg)
WWALS Booth at Pride in Hahira 2024-06-01, Music and Art on Main, South Georgia Pride
That’s 2-7 PM, Saturday, June 1, 2024, at the City of Hahira Depot, 220 W. Main Street.
Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/813295534069014/
Thanks to Rindy Kennedy for organizing our participation at this event.
This is on the WWALS Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail. Hahira is about in the middle between Folsom Bridge on the Little River to the west and Hagan Bridge on the Withlacoochee River to the east, around 8 miles either way.
-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/
Hahira, Georgia, May 30, 2024 — Three judges, from Berrien County, Georgia, Madison County, Florida, and Columbia County, Florida, will decide at the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest Finals at the WWALS River Revue, September 7, 2024.
Judge Tony Buzzella lives in Lake City, and was raised in Miami, FL. He studied under many great teachers, and he has performed with many great musicians over the years, including Frank Hubble, Charlie “Brown” Weatherbee, Rusty Hammerstrum, Leo Villar, Carlos Guzman, and the “Our Gang” Dixieland band during the 1960s and ’70s. He has also performed with Pete Fountain, Bonnie Dawson, Freddie Palmer, Jerry Clower, Grandpa Jones, The Original Salt & Pepper Trio, The Gainesville Jazz Orchestra, Alfonso Levy, and many others.
Judge Anna Stange moved to Madison, FL, in 2019, after 25 years as a music teacher, performer, and educator in the Chicago area. Well known for her multicultural music programs, Anna performed at festivals, libraries, and community events, from Key West to Seldovia, Alaska. Her most recent album, “When Will We Ever Learn: Songs For Peace and Justice,” is a mix of folk and original songs. She currently homesteads on six acres in North Florida with her spouse, 15 chickens, and two lovable mutts.
Judge Robert Griner is a graduate of the Berrien County school system, Valdosta State University, and has a BBA degree. He worked in the banking industry for 51 years and retired as president and director of Trust Bank. His hobbies include professional drummer, licensed pilot, fishing, pheasant hunting, and scuba diving. He enjoys all outdoor activities in beautiful southern Georgia! He has a daughter, Andrea, and a grandson, Jackson. He is a member of the Jacobs Well Church in Nashville, GA.
M.C. Chuck Roberts said, “This is the most dedicated group having fun raising funds to conserve our waterways that I’ve ever been around.”
WWALS President Sara Jay Jones said, Continue reading
![[Judges, 2024-09-07, 5-8 PM, Valdosta, GA, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, Anna Stange (Madison, FL), Tony Buzella, (Lake City, FL), Robert Griner (Nashville, GA)]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-05-30--judges-songwriting/fbmany.jpg)