FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hahira, Georgia, July 25, 2021 — “Help us pick finalists from nine songs!” said Laura D’Alisera, who won First Prize the first year, and ever since has been on the organizing Committee. You can vote here, until 5PM, Thursday, July 29, 2021: https://forms.gle/JKJFdLghQa8P3n4NA “It’s plain old ranked-choice voting,” said Committee Member and […]
Our host, Sementha Mathews, of Turner Center Art Park, asked us to extend the deadline one more week. So we did, to July 21, 2021! Send in your song now through this entry form: https://forms.gle/tWrqas7qPWDKgpqF6 Yes, we have some songs. But, we want more! Our most recent songwriter wrote his song yesterday and sent it […]
Song submissions for this year are still open through tomorrow, Wednesday, July 14, 2021! Send in your song now through this entry form: https://forms.gle/tWrqas7qPWDKgpqF6 If your song makes you a finalist, you will be eligible for the $300 prize and studio time, or the other prizes, at the Suwannee Riverkeeeper Songwriting Contest, 7-11 PM, Saturday, […]
Update 2021-07-15: 2021 deadline extended again! and Scott Perkins singing Hoochie Coochie for the Withlacoochee, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hahira, Georgia, July 8, 2021 — “I got in on the extended deadline, and won the contest!” said Laura D’Alisera, who won First Prize the first year. Here is the entry form: https://forms.gle/tWrqas7qPWDKgpqF6 […]
Update 2021-07-08: Deadline Extended to July 14, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hahira, Georgia, July 7, 2021 — “Tired of tropical storms? Stay in, finish your song, and send it in by midnight!” said Laura D’Alisera, who won First Prize the first year. “Laura liked it so much she joined the organizing […]
Update 9 AM 2021-07-07: Elsa again Tropical Storm, but hurricane warnings persist, landfall soon 2021-07-07 Recent heavy rains were just the start. Expect 4 to 6 inches more today or tomorrow from Tropical Storm Elsa, along with winds from hurricane force in Dixie County plus possible storm surge, dropping to maybe 30 mph in south […]
Leisurely paddle down the Suwannee River visiting Telford Springs, Peacock Slough River Camp, as well as Cow and Running Springs for some cooling off swim time. When: Gather 9 AM, launch 10 AM, end 3 PM, Saturday, September 18, 2021 Put In: Hal W. Adams Bridge Ramp. From Mayo, travel north on SR 51 to […]
Songwriters, it’s time to send in your song! This Wednesday, July 7, is the deadline. Here is the entry form: https://forms.gle/tWrqas7qPWDKgpqF6 Instagram image by Angela and Josh Duncan. First prize is $300 plus one day of recording studio time, in the Fourth Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest. Plus $50 for best song from inside the […]
There are a couple of new things in what I sent on the deadline day, yesterday. (PDF) Funds are now available to buy the private land at the Little River Confluence with the Withlacoochee River, which was the main impediment to plans for the Troupville River Camp and Troupville River Park. Stakeholders in the One […]
Four years ago SRWMD proposed to pipe Suwannee River water from near White Springs to a sinkhole near Falling Creek to replenish the Ichetucknee River. Now the District has come up with something worse: not one, but two pipelines, adding one from Branford, both to spread water on the ground nearer the Ichetucknee headspring. SRWMD […]
