We chainsawed 1.32 miles down the Withlacoochee River from Langdale Park Boat Ramp to the bottom edge of the park, which is exactly 1/2 the way to Sugar Creek.

We’ll probably need a visa to exit the park through that massive deadfall.

In addition to numerous other deadfalls, we saw three wasp nests and Three Mile Branch.

Wasps and Deadfalls, Longer chainsaw 2025-08-03, Langdale Park, Withlacoochee River

Thanks to Phil Hubbard for organizing this chainsaw cleanup and for doing most of the chainsawing.

There’s even rare accidental proof that I chainsawed. And yes, I did have another sharper chain.

We are still clearing passage through deadfalls (trees across the river) from Hurricane Helene and that fell down afterwards. We will be back in a few weeks.

Map: Langdale Park, Withlacoochee River, Little River, Troupville Boat Ramp, 2025-07-29
in the WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT)

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

We took the 86lb-thrust trolling motor, and its batteries, paid for by a grant from Wild Green Future, and several saws, electric and gas.

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®

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

LPBR

Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 2025:08:03 09:18:32, 30.8877470, -83.3238029

RF

Red flowers, 2025:08:03 09:23:08, 30.8867437, -83.3240948

NaW

Need a wedge, 2025:08:03 09:31:28, 30.8826733, -83.3241957

StS

Using jsq’s saw to get Phil’s bar out, 2025:08:03 09:45:45, 30.8825026, -83.3241477

CO

Movie: Cut off, but still needs to drop, 2025:08:03 09:45:52, (9.1M) 30.8825026, -83.3241477

AT

Movie: Almost there, 2025:08:03 10:03:10, (9.1M) 30.8824949, -83.3242259

ADF

Another deadfall, 2025:08:03 10:08:35, 30.8825274, -83.3241957

StSS

Saw the small stuff, 2025:08:03 10:10:11, 30.8825449, -83.3241949

PhP

Phil’s hook paddle, 2025:08:03 10:35:21, 30.8817528, -83.3244974

RB

Starting a river birch, 2025:08:03 10:38:48, 30.8820879, -83.3253728

SO

Sawed off, 2025:08:03 10:44:24, 30.8814798, -83.3254913

jsqS

Movie: jsq sawing, 2025:08:03 10:45:46, (2223M) 30.8814306, -83.3254656

SDF

Movie: sawed deadfalls, 2025:08:03 11:21:43, (7.7M) 30.8813350, -83.3255237

SoL

Sawed off logs, 2025:08:03 11:21:53, 30.8813007, -83.3255073

SSS

Sawing small stuff, 2025:08:03 11:27:03, 30.8808529, -83.3261853

SathWL

Movie: Sawing above the waterline, 2025:08:03 11:30:15, (829K) 30.8808529, -83.3261853

CDF

Complicated deadfall, 2025:08:03 11:31:36, 30.8794859, -83.3263297

HL

Hollow log, 2025:08:03 11:47:15, 30.8791657, -83.3258501

WtM

Wait, there’s more, 2025:08:03 11:55:40, 30.8785965, -83.3248240

SS

Small stuff, 2025:08:03 11:59:39, 30.8778820, -83.3233911

HWN

High wasp nest, 2025:08:03 12:17:58, 30.8761269, -83.3228983

ST

Short thicket, 2025:08:03 12:24:28, 30.8761549, -83.3240495

LPDF

South Langdale Park Deadfall, 2025:08:03 12:37:54, 30.8754460, -83.3249439

TMBSB

Three Mile Branch sandbar, 2025:08:03 12:48:27, 30.8755425, -83.3231760

WN3

A third wasp nest, 2025:08:03 13:11:07, 30.8819214, -83.3251447

PoW

Movie: Pollen on the water, 2025:08:03 13:14:35, (8.0M) 30.8819214, -83.3251447

 -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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