Join us between the Little River Confluence and Sugar Creek on the Withlacoochee River seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.

Thanks to TJ Johnson for coming up from Live Oak, Florida, to lead this one.

If we’re lucky and we’ve finished this stretch in previous chainsaw cleanups, we’ll switch to Langdale Park downstream.

When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, February 15, 2025

Put In: Troupville Boat Ramp, 19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602. I-75 exit 18, west on GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) away from the Valdosta Mall, at the traffic light for Val Tech Road, turn left down to the boat ramp, in Lowndes County.

GPS: 30.851842, -83.346536

Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, upstream from Troupville, Saturday, February 15, 2025

Take Out: Troupville Boat Ramp

Boats: We will be using the WWALS jon boat with the 9.9hp outboard and the 24-inch Husqvarna Rancher chainsaw paid for by a grant from Wild Green Future, plus other saws, electric and gas.
If you have a jon boat with outboard and can bring it, please do.
Kayaks and canoes are welcome to paddle along.
You can also walk along the Withlacoochee River right bank in the park.

Bring: the usual personal flotation device, boat, paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit.
Also trash pickers and trash bags: every WWALS outing is also a cleanup.
If you have a chainsaw and know how to use it, bring it along.
Or a sawzall or handsaw, which is especially good for small underwater limbs.
But you do not have to saw: you can pick up trash, or photograph, or just paddle along.

Safety: Be on time. If you miss the safety briefing, you cannot paddle with us.
Each person in a boat, no matter how young or old, must wear a PFD.

Free: This outing is free to everyone, because it is a cleanup!

We recommend you support the work of WWALS by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations

Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2076048892816942, https://www.meetup.com/withlacoochee-alapaha-suwannee-rivers-wwals-outings/events/306037979/

Gee Edwards and John S. Quarterman sawing in WWALS jon boat –Phil Royce, 2024-12-23, 10:16:33

Duration: 4 hours

Paddle: 2.3 miles, 3.5 hours.

Shuttle: none, none.

Gauge: Valdosta at US 41 (North Valdosta Road), USGS 02317755.
Highest safe 12.7 feet, 123′ NAVD. Lowest boatable 5.7 feet, 116′ NAVD.

Host: TJ Johnson

A perfectionist with a handsaw: TJ Johnson, 2024-08-25, 13:13:21, 30.8751560, -83.3250207

Contact: John S. Quarterman

Backup: in case of bad weather or high or low water is: Reschedule. In case of contamination from Sugar Creek, start at Langdale Park and go downstream.