This is part 2 of the Langdale Park Chainsaw Cleanup of Sunday, March 29, 2026.

Part 1 was downstream.

Here we go upstream, with Brianna Schawalder of Trails4Valdosta in her canoe, helping pull limbs aside and photographing, and Russell Hassenstab of Kona Ice paddling the Suwannee Riverkeeper Old Town Canoe, while Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman chainsaws.

Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, Upstream from Langdale Park BR, Towards US 41 Bridge, Sunday, March 29, 2026

Here are some video snippets.

https://youtu.be/JstBEtdI8qU

Thanks to Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA) for support for all this. Thanks to Wild Green Future for the grant that paid for the 24-inch Husqvarna Rancher chainsaw.

Thanks to Cindy Vedas for staffing a WWALS information table at Langdale Park Boat Ramp.

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

Back on August 25, 2024, we worked upstream a bit.

Movie: We made a gap in the first upstream deadfall, but just above it is an even bigger one, 2024-08-25, 11:16:31, (37M) –jsq for WWALS 30.8905793, -83.3213432

But our primary goal that day was downstream, so we did not continue past the first big upstream deadfall.

But on this Sunday, our primary goal was upstream, and we got through many other deadfalls, to within sight of the US 41 Bridge.

As Brianna Schawalder says, let’s make 2026 the Year of Outdoor Recreation in Lowndes County.

Interview: trails4valdosta, Brianna Schawalder, Langdale Park, 2026-02-16

More: 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®

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Suwannee Riverkeeper canoe ready to go upstream, 2026:03:29 12:18:45 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

CCC

Corinne Coleman Creek out of Foxborough, 2026:03:29 12:46:28, –jsq for WWALS 30.8879823, -83.3242435

CWS

Creek or wash or slough, 2026:03:29 13:29:48, –jsq for WWALS 30.8922056, -83.3256628

BO

jsq and Russell Hassenstab going under, 2026:03:29 13:43:19 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

FU

Russell moving the canoe farther under, 2026:03:29 13:53:08 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

H24

jsq sawing with the Husqvarna 24-inch, 2026:03:29 13:54:39 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

SitW

jsq sawing in the water, 2026:03:29 13:55:11 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

BL

Russell H. in the Suwannee Riverkeeper Old Town canoe with jsq sawing, 2026:03:29 13:55:45 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

CS

Closeup sawing, 2026:03:29 14:06:53 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

TtLP

To the left, please, 2026:03:29 14:07:36 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

TwjS

Through where just sawed, 2026:03:29 14:12:17 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

SsM

Shorten this one some more, 2026:03:29 14:41:02 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

AoT

Around or through? 2026:03:29 14:41:50 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

GoN

Goose on nest, 2026:03:29 15:03:10, –jsq for WWALS 30.8911926, -83.3202072

Bside

Canoe broadside, 2026:03:29 15:09:02 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

GLee

Gnarly, 2026:03:29 15:11:08 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

BiSight

US 41 bridge in sight, 2026:03:29 15:31:23, –jsq for WWALS 30.8921817, -83.3193633

HB

Brianna and Russell H., 2026:03:29 15:32:32, –jsq for WWALS 30.8921618, -83.3193363

SS

Straight stretch, 2026:03:29 15:51:11 –Brianna Schawalder for WWALS

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