Troupville upstream Withlacoochee River chainsaw cleanup pictures 2024-08-17 | WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

Update 2024-08-19: Jon boat Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park Boat Ramp 2024-08-25.

Evidently nobody had been there since Hurricane Debby, because there were several new deadfalls, most small, one big, and another huge, before we got to I-75. Those and others could use more attention at lower water, but kayaks can get through now. That was our goal on this Upstream Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup.

We put in at Troupville Boat Ramp, went 1/3 of a mile down to the Little River Confluence, and turned left and up the Withlacoochee River.

There was remarkably little trash. Some locations with a few bottles or styrofoam in branches are noted in the pictures; all have GPS coordinates.

Several small deadfalls, one big one 2024-08-17, Troupville upstream Withlacoochee River chainsaw cleanup

Thanks to Quen Metzler for leading this chainsaw cleanup and doing much of the sawing.

I also sawed with both saws, but there are no pictures, because then Quen was busy holding the boat steady.

Here are some video snippets:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKwQ5xfKf-Qz0i9YNkM5S5-1zx3fbZQrF&si=iHgSY-2Js-zgjh99

The Valdosta (US 41, North Valdosta Road) Withlacoochee River Gauge read about 120.83 feet NAVD88 at 9:00 AM when we upstream on the Withlacoochee River from the Little River Confluence, and 120.64 when we reached the I-75 Bridge at 11:39 AM. That’s more than 2 feet below Action Stage, which is 123 feet. The current was still plenty fast and strong to contend with.

The Hahira (GA 122) Little River Gauge was at about 139.36 feet NAVD 88 when we started moving, and 139.56 when we took out at Troupville Boat Ramp. That’s more than 8 feet below Action Stage, which is 148 feet.

Thanks to Wild Green Future for the generous grant that paid for the 9.9hp outboard motor and the 24-inch Husqvarna chainsaw that we used on this outing.

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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Gnarled roots –Quen Metzler, 09:01:48, 30.8449500, -83.3462917

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Movie: Left bank deadfall avoidable –Quen Metzler, (905K) 30.8453972, -83.3448190

Left bank deadfall avoidable –Quen Metzler, 09:03:39, 30.8453972, -83.3448194

Around at the right bank –Quen Metzler, 09:03:49, 30.8454278, -83.3447278

Movie: Small deadfall, 09:08:33, (4.5M) 30.8551669, -83.3346845

Closeup lower limbing, 10:23:01, 30.8531596, -83.3359723

Movie: Limbing the Big Oak Deadfall, 10:23:05, (94M) 30.8531596, -83.3359723

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Heading upstream, 11:37:43, 30.8535280, -83.3361276

Movie: I-75 Withlacoochee River Bridge, 11:39:16, (31M) 30.8543735, -83.3359243

Under the I-75 Bridge, 11:39:56, 30.8547260, -83.3349768

Heading back down, 11:40:00, 30.8547260, -83.3349768

Quen paying attention to driving, 11:40:05, 30.8547260, -83.3349768

Downstream from the I-75 Bridge, 11:41:37, 30.8547138, -83.3349842

-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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