Update 2025-04-10: Pictures: Withlacoochee Upstream from Troupville 2025-04-09.

We will motor down to the midpoint of the Mayor and Chairmans Paddle, checking the route and hanging signs.

We will take the usual chainsaws, although we don’t expect to find anything to saw.

If you have a boat and motor, please join us.

If you have a canoe or kayak, we can tow you.

When: Gather 4:30 PM, launch 5 PM, Wednesday, April 9, 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

Placing Signage, Withlacoochee River, Troupville to midpoint, April 9, 2025

Thanks to The Langdale Company for access at the midpoint and Spook Bridge.

Thanks to Wild Green Future for the grant that bought the 9.9 hp outboard motor, the 24-inch Husqvarna chainsaw, the 86lb-thrust trolling motor, and the two LiFeO2 batteries.

Take Out: Troupville Boat Ramp

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

Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1316222832818232/
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Troupville Boat Ramp, 2025:03:22 09:33:03, 30.8513762, -83.3472259

Duration: 3.5 hours

Paddle: 3 hours

Shuttle: None

Troupville Boat Ramp, 2025:03:22 09:33:03, 30.8513762, -83.3472259

Host: Phil Hubbard

Contact: John S. Quarterman

Backup: in case of bad weather or high or low water is: Cancel

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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