Update 2023-01-01 Two new VLPRA trash cans for Naylor Beach on the Alapaha River 2022-12-29.

Suzy Hall checked on the trash can at Naylor Beach on the Alapaha River at US 84 yesterday. It’s not there.

2018, 2020, and 2022: Naylor Beach

It was put there by Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA) in 2018, after WWALS asked for it.

The last record we have of that Naylor Beach trash can was in January 2020.

We’re asking VLPRA again: could we have a trash can at Naylor Beach?

2022-12-24

Naylor Park Beach in the WWALS map of the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

There was a trash can still at Naylor Boat Ramp yesterday: thank you VLPRA.

But that’s way more than the Walt Disney 30 steps from the beach: he observed people would walk about that far to find a trash can, or 60 to 75 feet.

Few people will walk the 385 feet from the beach to the boat ramp just to deposit trash.

Trash can at Naylor Boat Ramp –Suzy Hall

Suzy could not extract the chair from the river.

Chair in river –Suzy Hall

She did collect the chair somebody burned on the beach. In an exception to the Disney rule, she put that chair in the trash can at the boat ramp.

Burnt chair on beach –Suzy Hall

2018-05-16

After WWALS Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman asked for it, VLPRA put a trash can at Naylor Beach back in Spring 2018. That was before Naylor Boat Ramp was poured.

With trash can Gretchen asked for, 2018:05:16 11:10:37, https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9251200,-83.0385200,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

People put trash in it.

Trash can is working, 2018:05:16 11:10:57, https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9251300,-83.0383600,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

It was within 30 steps of the river.

Trash can seen from river, 2018:05:16 11:12:05, https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9252100,-83.0381500,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

2020-01-11

There was still a trash can at Naylor Beach in January 2020.

VLPRA trash can at Naylor Beach by Tasha Ekman LaFace, 2020-01-11 14:06:32, https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9253083,-83.0384972,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

2022-12-20

But there was no trash can on Naylor Beach this Tuesday, or yesterday.

Naylor Park Beach, Alapaha River @ US 84 –Kimberly Tanner, 2022-12-20, 15:15, https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9253083,-83.0384972,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

2020-06-13

The trash can at Naylor Boat Ramp had appeared by June 2020.

VLPRA trash barrel at Naylor Boat Ramp, 2020-06-13, https://www.google.com/maps/@30.9253889,-83.0393611,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

Naylor Park Beach context in the WWALS map of the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT)

Dear VLPRA, can we get a trash can back at Naylor Beach?

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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