Daily Archives: July 14, 2026

Nominating Portal, Regional Water Planning Council –GA-DNR 2026-07-15

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Received today.

To all interested parties,

With the recent changes to the State Water Plan, the Regional Water Planning Council membership was reduced from 30 to 15 members per Council. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) will open an online portal starting July 15 to collect nominations to the Regional Water Planning Councils. After 45 days, EPD will collect the names submitted and provide them to the appointing officials. To help further explain these changes and outline the nomination process, EPD will host a public meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, July 21st, from 12:00—1:00 p.m. at the link below.

Join Zoom Meeting https://gaepd.zoom.us/j/97748033778?pwd=H0sm1Nt7mZTtbGWSP8qQrQaN66m9bE.1

Meeting ID: 977 4803 3778
Passcode: 273513

[Nominating Portal, Regional Water Planning Council, --GA-DNR, 2026-07-15]
Nominating Portal, Regional Water Planning Council, –GA-DNR, 2026-07-15

To visit the nomination portal, which will go live on July 15, please see the link below:

https://waterplanning.georgia.gov/water-planning/council-nominations

If you are unable to attend, or have any questions, please email water.planning@dnr.ga.gov for additional information.

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VLPRA at Langdale Park 2026-07-13

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Had a nice chat yesterday morning with Chad Dyson, the new Executive Director of Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA), and Paul Batts, our longtime contact at VLPRA.

[Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman, VLPRA E.D. Chad Dyson, Paul Batts, 2026-07-13 --jsq for WWALS]
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman, VLPRA E.D. Chad Dyson, Paul Batts, 2026-07-13 –jsq for WWALS

He’s holding some WWALS water trail rack cards and z-fold brochures I gave him. You can see a map on the kiosk behind him, for the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT).

Down at Langdale Park Boat Ramp, I suggested if VLPRA wanted to move the sandbar away from the bottom of the boat ramp, nobody would miss it.

We talked about the origins of WWALS, chainsaw cleanups, outings including the Mayor and Chairmans Paddle, trash and how to stop it before distribution, sewage spills, water quality testing, land trails, grants, datacenters, WFNF, and yes, the proposed Verizon communications tower in Langdale Park that the Lowndes County Commission will vote on this evening at 5:30 PM.

Chad Dyson said he came here for the climate. Well, less snow than Iowa. And south Georgia gnats still don’t know what to make of him.

I promised Chad and Paul that on our next meeting, down at Troupville Boat Ramp, I will show them beautyberry, the native plant that repels insects.

Staff Reports, The Valdosta Daily Times, May 26, 2026, VLPRA names Chad Dyson as new executive director,

VALDOSTA — The Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA) Board of Directors has announced the selection of Chad Dyson as the organization’s next executive director. Dyson will officially begin his role with VLPRA on June 15.

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