Join us as we try again to get the deadfalls revealed by lower water levels. You do not have to saw. You can pick up trash, take pictures, or just paddle. You can also walk along the right (west) bank of the Withlacoochee River much of the way. If the water level is too low […]
Well, we sawed a path through the first deadfall, a tenth of a mile up the Withlacoochee River. Chainsaw upstream from Troupville Boat Ramp, Withlacoochee River, Saturday, July 12, 2025 Then the 9.9 hp Mercury outboard, which we thought was fixed, was back to its old tricks: stops while idling, won’t keep going in gear, […]
Update 2025-07-13: New sewage spill in Sugar Creek 2025-07-12. We have good E. coli results on the Withlacoochee River for this week. Clean Withlacoochee River, 2025-07-09, Happy paddling, boating, swimming, and fishing We don’t know about Sugar Creek; nobody tested that this week. Strange as it seems, chances are that creek is also clean. No […]
We have good E. coli results on the Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers and Franks Creek for this week. We don’t know about Sugar Creek; nobody tested that this week. No new sewage spills have been reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida. or Georgia. Rain or thunderstorms are likely for […]
Update 2025-07-16: Pictures: Chainsaw upstream from Troupville, Withlacoochee River 2025-07-12. Join us to get the deadfalls revealed by lower water levels. Yes, we’re still cleaning up after Hurricane Helene. You do not have to saw. You can pick up trash, take pictures, or just paddle. You can also walk along the right (west) bank of […]
Update 2025-07-04: Clean Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers 2025-07-02. WWALS and Valdosta Utilities got good E. coli results on the Withlacoochee River. We don’t know about Sugar Creek; nobody tested that this week. No new sewage spills have been reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Florida. There was one tiny spill […]
That was fun, by several second-magnitude springs (Pot, Tanner, etc.) and first-magnitude Madison Blue Spring, as well as several islands (Turtle Rock, Chervil, and Madison Blue), as well as a few tiny rapids. Fish jumped and the paddlers were pleased, on our way from Florida Campsites Ramp to Allen Ramp.. Thanks to Gee Edwards for […]
Hahira, Georgia, June 19, 2025 — Speakers from Georgia and Florida will talk about where to paddle Georgia rivers and legal issues with that, as well as contamination in the Withlacoochee River in north Florida, much of it coming from Georgia, at the WWALS River Revue, September 6, 2025. Suzanne Welander wrote the book on […]
Update 2025-06-20: Clean Withlacoochee and Alapaha Rivers 2025-06-19. WWALS got some OK E. coli results on Sugar Creek this week. And Valdosta Utilities got clean results for the Withlacoochee River. No new sewage spills have been reported in the past week in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida. Rain is predicted this weekend […]
Update 2025-06-06: Clean Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee and Alapaha Rivers 2025-06-04. The Withlacoochee River tested clean E. coli this week, upstream and down. Whatever was amiss at Langdale Park last week is gone now. We don’t know the state of Sugar Creek: nobody tested there. No new sewage spills have been reported in the past week […]
