Daily Archives: August 4, 2025

Yet another Wainwright Drive sewage spill 2025-08-04

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Update 2025-08-06: WTXL on Wainwright Drive One Mile Branch sewage spill 2025-08-05.

Credit to the City of Valdosta for getting a press release out the same day as a sewage spill, for stopping the spill within an hour of hearing about it, and for keeping it small.

However, I’ve lost count of how many sewage spills Valdosta has had out of this same Wainwright Drive manhole, even after they added a second manhole next to it. This picture is from one such spill last November, into One Mile Branch, which goes to Sugar Creek, then into the Withlacoochee River.

[Yet another Wainwright Drive sewage spill 2025-08-04, Into One Mile Branch to Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee River]
Yet another Wainwright Drive sewage spill 2025-08-04, Into One Mile Branch to Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee River

Children play in One Mile Branch directly below those manholes. Continue reading →

Pictures: More Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park, Withlacoochee River 2025-07-31

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We went back to where we stopped the previous trip, and got the deadfalls about a 1/3 of a mile down the Withlacoochee River from Langdale Park Boat Ramp. Yes, we’re still clearing passage through deadfalls (trees across the river) from Hurricane Helene.

[Pictures: More Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park 2025-07-31, Withlacoochee River, Very hot that day]
Pictures: More Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park 2025-07-31, Withlacoochee River, Very hot that day

We used the Old Town Camper canoe donated to WWALS by Bob and Sue Raffaele.

This may be the fewest pictures I’ve ever posted from an outing, because it’s hard to photograph while paddling or chainsawing.

We went back again that Sunday, August 3; stay tuned for a report. Continue reading →

PSA: Send your song by Wednesday for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2025-08-04

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Update 2025-08-07: Last call: Wednesday, August 13, 2025, for songs for the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2025-08-07.

Like Billy says, send your song by this Wednesday, August 6, 2025, for the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest. Here is the Entry Form:
https://forms.gle/LfXFBVESipd231Dr7

[PSA: Send your song by Wednesday, August 6, 2025, for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest]
PSA: Send your song by Wednesday, August 6, 2025, for Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest

The organizing committee will decide on Finalists within a week after all the songs are in.

The Finals will be Saturday, September 6, 2025, at WWALS River Revue, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, Georgia.
https://wwals.net/pictures/songwriting2025/

Here’s Billy’s PSA:
https://youtu.be/q6iViaKOYNk Continue reading →