At Knights Ferry Boat Ramp we collected some trash, including three mattresses. Our shuttle provider was Will Hart’s State Line River Outfitters.

We installed new versions of the signs for the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT). Thanks to Micah Cofield for digging the posthole. The third try found a spot with no rocks. These signs were mostly paid for by a generous grant from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources (GA-DNR).

I’ve lost count how many sets of signs we’ve installed at Knights Ferry. I think this was the fourth set. Y’all don’t shoot them up this time, eh?

Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, Mattresses, signs, and trash, Old Bridge pilings, Canoe on the bottom 2025-11-22

Thanks to Maya Loizeaux for collecting trash. Micah and Maya did not paddle, but they helped.

Thanks to Pam Maxwell for coming down to join WWALS. She did not paddle.

This is part one of the WWALS cleanup from Knights Ferry to Nankin Boat Ramp, on November 22, 2025, led by Will Hart and Scotti Jay.

Our seven paddlers saw the pilings of Old Knights Ferry Bridge sticking out. Before that bridge was built, there was Knights Ferry. Now there is no bridge and no ferry, but you still get there on Knights Ferry Road.

Will Hart spotted a boat on the bottom. We did not raise it. We did raise a bunch of other things later.

We snaked through a couple of sets of rocks in the first quarter mile downstream.

Here’s a video:

https://www.facebook.com/Wwalswatershed/videos/853304003762459

https://youtu.be/gwKm-c1ObpM

The Quitman US 84 Gauge was very low, 1.7 feet (85.2 feet NAVD88). That’s below our nominal lowest boatable of 2.0 feet (85.5 NAVD88). I guess we better lower that.

There are more pictures below. Still more pictures and videos of this paddle will appear in the next parts.

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®

You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations

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Mattresses, 2025:11:22 08:59:35, –jsq for WWALS 30.7127795, -83.4555385

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Maya Loizeaux cleaning up Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 2025:11:22 09:01:28, –jsq for WWALS 30.7126646, -83.4554326

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Micah Cofield digging a posthole, 2025:11:22 09:20:21, –jsq for WWALS 30.7124199, -83.4553758

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Will Hart, Melissa & Darrell Stewart, Kyle Keller, Scotti Jay, Maya Loizeaux, Micah Cofield, David Savage with banners, 2025:11:22 10:24:04, –jsq for WWALS 30.7124703, -83.4554398

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Water Trail signs, trash bags, Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 2025:11:22 10:29:56, –jsq for WWALS 30.7124647, -83.4553708

SiS

Sign-in sheet, 2025:11:22 10:44:37, –jsq for WWALS 30.6747817, -83.3938200

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Little creek, 2025:11:22 11:18:45, –jsq for WWALS 30.7121029, -83.4555653

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Movie: Wear your PFD and don’t pet the alligators, 2025:11:22 11:19:41, (135M) –jsq for WWALS 30.7121029, -83.4555653

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Movie: Shallow water as Will Hart leads, 2025:11:22 11:25:15, (23M) –jsq for WWALS 30.7121029, -83.4555653

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Old Knights Ferry Bridge pilings, 2025:11:22 11:28:53, –jsq for WWALS 30.7110332, -83.4547540

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First rocks, 2025:11:22 11:31:37, –jsq for WWALS 30.7106701, -83.4544613

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Underwater boat, 2025:11:22 11:33:55, –jsq for WWALS 30.7100075, -83.4539152

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More rocks, 2025:11:22 11:50:36, –jsq for WWALS 30.7038096, -83.4521176

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Will through a narrow spot, 2025:11:22 11:54:08, –jsq for WWALS 30.7033215, -83.4529958

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