Join us Friday and Saturday at the Hahira Honeybee Festival,
in downtown Hahira, Georgia,
between the Withlacoochee and Little Rivers,
with 30,000 of our closest friends.
https://www.hahirahoneybeefest.com
WWALS members, maybe you’d like to ride in the Parade Saturday. Or come help at the booth either day.
When: 9 AM-6 PM, Friday, October 3, 2025
9 AM-6 PM, Saturday, October 3, 2025
Put In: downtown Hahira, Georgia, I-75 Exit 29.
Continue readingJoin us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle on Banks Lake, our watery living room. If we’re lucky, there will be bats.
When: Gather 6:45 PM, launch 7:15 PM, moonrise 7:53 PM, sunset 7:48 PM, end 8:45 PM, Sunday, September 7, 2025
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Full Harvest Moon Paddle on Banks Lake, Near Lakeland, GA, Sunday, September 7, 2025]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-09-07--full-harvest-moon-banks-lake/fbmany.jpg)
Full Harvest Moon Paddle on Banks Lake, Near Lakeland, GA, Sunday, September 7, 2025
We have good E. coli results on the Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers and Franks Creek for this week.
We don’t know about Sugar Creek; nobody tested that this week.
No new sewage spills have been reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida. or Georgia.
Rain or thunderstorms are likely for the next ten days.
Since these recent tests were after previous rains, apparently we’re past first flush. That means whatever was in the woods has washed out now, so more rain may not cause much contamination.
So as near as we can tell, happy paddling, swimming, fishing, and boating this weekend, if you can beat the rain!
![[Clean Alapaha River 2025-06-29, Withlacoochee River and Franks Creek 2025-07-02]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-07-02--wq/many.jpg)
Clean Alapaha River 2025-06-29, Withlacoochee River and Franks Creek 2025-07-02
Maybe join WWALS tomorrow for
Turner Bridge to Cone Bridge Paddle, Suwannee River 2025-07-05.
https://wwals.net/?p=67557
Update 2025-07-11: Pictures: Turner Bridge to Cone Bridge Paddle, Suwannee River 2025-07-05.
Ken Sulak sent this in preparation for
Turner Bridge to Cone Bridge Paddle, Suwannee River, 2025-07-05.
https://wwals.net/?p=67557
Over to Ken:
Looking back at the history of Turner Bridge, and what bridge artifacts reveal or conceal. Continue reading
Update 2025-07-25: SRWMD & SJRWMD aquifer recharge project update @ SRWMD 2025-07-08.
Dennis Price, P.G., of Hamilton County, Florida, asked, “Are we just a water tower for Jacksonville?”
He showed us “the history of surface and ground water in the flatwoods in south Georgia and north Florida in the Suwannee River Basin. Historic water levels and how we have changed these levels. Changes beginning with forestry then farming, and population growth. Ideas for correcting the problems.”
This applies to the Floridan Aquifer proper and the other aquifers above it, all below the Suwannee, Alapaha, and Withlacoochee Rivers, the Okefenokee Swamp, and their tributaries.
Here is the WWALS video of this WWALS Webinar:
https://youtu.be/o4s1jPN0EVI
Some still images are appended.
Thanks to WWALS Board Member Janet Martin for organizing this webinar and for introducing Dennis.
Thanks to everyone who attended.
See
the announcement of this webinar
for Dennis’ resume and other background.
https://wwals.net/?p=67740
See also: Continue reading
![[WWALS Booth at Hahira Honeybee Festival, Downtown Hahira, Georgia, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4, 2025]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-10-03--hahira-honeybee/fbmany.jpg)
![[Turner Bridge, Suwannee River --Ken Sulak 2025-07-01, History and what bridge artifacts reveal or conceal]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-07-01--turner-bridge-ken-sulak/fbmany.jpg)
![[How Humans Affect the Aquifer, WWALS Webinar by Dennis Price, Are we just a water tower for Jacksonville? 2025-06-19]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-06-19--aquifer-dennis-price-webinar-pictures/fbmany.jpg)