Videos: Suwannee-Satilla Regional Water Planning Council meeting in Valdosta 2024-11-21

Water withdrawals in the SSRWPC region are almost entirely agricultural, noted Mark Masters of the Georgia Water Planning & Policy Center, Albany State University.

[Suwannee-Satilla Regional Water Planning Council 2024-11-21, at Wiregrass Tech, Valdosta, Georgia]
Suwannee-Satilla Regional Water Planning Council 2024-11-21, at Wiregrass Tech, Valdosta, Georgia

This was at the Suwannee-Satilla Regional Water Planning Council meeting at Valdosta Tech in Valdosta, Georgia, November 21, 2024.

[Mark Masters, Georgia Water Planning & Policy Center, Albany State University]
Mark Masters, Georgia Water Planning & Policy Center, Albany State University

There are new things at GA-EPD, said Clete Barton and Russell Nicks, about their South Monitoring Unit. Elizabeth Booth has moved up to head their Watershed Planning & Monitoring Program.

[New at GA-EPD]
New at GA-EPD

There was an update on the seed grant they funded last cycle, which mysteriously seems to be about the Altamaha Basin, and also an update by Katie Hill of UGA about Lake Beatrice upstream of the Alapaha River.

[Two seed grant updates]
Two seed grant updates

You can apply for a seed grant, but the Council would really like for you to come talk about it well before the deadline.

[Seed Grant Cycle]
Seed Grant Cycle

The Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC) and Florida’s Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) each had two representatives.

[SGRC and SRWMD]
SGRC and SRWMD

I had to go do something else, Water, Wildlife, and Wilderness: the 4 National Wildlife Refuges of the Suwannee –Larry Woodward, WWALS Webinar 2024-11-21.

[Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman]
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman

I did leave water trail brochures, rack cards, and signs to peruse.

[WWALS Water Trails]
WWALS Water Trails

I left new WWALS Intern Samantha Carr to take videos.

[Samantha Carr, WWALS Intern]
Samantha Carr, WWALS Intern

[Samantha Carr videoing]
Samantha Carr videoing

Here are the WWALS videos of the entire meeting, followed by a WWALS video playlist of the whole thing.

And the agenda.

[Agenda]
Agenda

Here is the WWALS video playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKwQ5xfKf-Qzhn8w4jpdpkWmAF0QMSUu8&si=IfIp07N4e-mZYrgN

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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