Brianna Schawalder of Trails4Valdosta and Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman did some sawing from the Suwannee Riverkeeper Old Town Canoe, but most of the work downstream from Langdale Park Boat Ramp on the Withlacoochee River was done by Austin Roark and his equipment and crew from Roark’s Land Clearing and Restoration.

Pictures: Downstream chainsawing, Langdale Park Boat Ramp 2026-03-29, Roark Land Clearing and Restoration, Trail4Valdosta, WWALS

They removed the snaggly tree just downstream from the boat ramp that was making fishing and paddling difficult. And a tree a bit farther down that stuck so far across it was eroding the right bank.

Cindy Vedas come to staff a WWALS table at the boat ramp.

Phil Hubbard couldn’t come because he had the flu.

Here are a few video snippets:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/931293323150513/

https://www.instagram.com/p/DXjp9PFCLct/

https://youtu.be/51At2Dn83WI

After we went upstream and back (stay tuned for that report), whole families were fishing where those trees had been.

So that looks like success.

Thanks to all, and to Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA) for their cooperation.

 -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/

Downstream

Removing the tree at the bottom of Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 2026:03:29 09:29:33, –jsq for WWALS 30.8876879, -83.3239419

CS36

Movie: 36-inch chainsaw, 2026:03:29 09:33:18, (9.5M) –jsq for WWALS 30.8874839, -83.3237377

RB

River Birch, 2026:03:29 09:34:20, –jsq for WWALS 30.8874839, -83.3237377

PuaL

Picking up a log, 2026:03:29 09:35:11, –jsq for WWALS 30.8874839, -83.3237377

AtAR

Movie: Move the log across the access road, 2026:03:29 09:37:14, (12M) –jsq for WWALS 30.8874839, -83.3237377

NPS

Movie: Put it behind the No Parking sign, 2026:03:29 09:38:42, (12M) –jsq for WWALS 30.8876169, -83.3236550

GSL

Get some tree limbs, 2026:03:29 09:40:15, –jsq for WWALS 30.8874220, -83.3238214

AR

Austin Roark, 2026:03:29 09:44:23, –jsq for WWALS 30.8873999, -83.3236837

BSAR

Brianna Schawalder and Austin Roark, 2026:03:29 09:44:26, –jsq for WWALS 30.8873999, -83.3236837

TB

Trail B aka Blue Trail, 2026:03:29 09:50:43, –jsq for WWALS 30.8870948, -83.3236820

LutBR

Movie: Another log up the boat ramp, 2026:03:29 10:01:21, (12M) –jsq for WWALS 30.8876059, -83.3238599

CV

Cindy Vedas at the WWALS table, 2026:03:29 10:07:34, –jsq for WWALS 30.8877325, -83.3237422

TR

Tree removed from below Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 2026:03:29 10:34:58 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

MD

A tree that was eroding the right bank, 2026:03:29 10:50:26, –jsq for WWALS 30.8865904, -83.3241912

CW

Chain worked, 2026:03:29 11:02:31, –jsq for WWALS 30.8865542, -83.3242231

SoT

Slime on twigs, 2026:03:29 11:05:44, –jsq for WWALS 30.8865785, -83.3241911

PiB

Pulling it back, 2026:03:29 11:06:53, –jsq for WWALS 30.8865687, -83.3242640

RiaM

Movie: Rain is a myth, 2026:03:29 11:12:19, (8.0M) –jsq for WWALS 30.8866616, -83.3241346

LcO

Limbs cut off, 2026:03:29 11:15:10, –jsq for WWALS 30.8865738, -83.3242308

ARC

Austin Roark with equipment on trailer, 2026:03:29 12:11:20, –jsq for WWALS 30.8877152, -83.3237247

Interview

Movie: Interview, Austin Roark, Land Clearing and Restoration, 2026:03:29 12:12:57, (159M) –jsq for WWALS 30.8877152, -83.3237247

T2R

Two trees removed downstream from Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 2026:03:29 12:17:11 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

BRPF

People fishing below Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 2026:03:29 16:16:53 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

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