Pictures: Two Mile Branch Berkley Drive Cleanup 2023-03-25

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WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

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Collage @ Two Mile Branch Cleanup 2023-03-25

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Bobby and Russell, 2023:03:25 08:04:37, 30.8629697, -83.3021167

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City Engineer Ben O'Dowd, neighbor Jan Powell, City Council Tim Carroll, 2023:03:25 08:04:50, 30.8629697, -83.3021167

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Volunteers, WWALS and City of Valdosta, 2023:03:25 08:13:25, 30.8629556, -83.3017172

Speeches

Bobby McKenzie outlining the cleanup, 2023:03:25 08:14:08, 30.8628429, -83.3020654

Movie: Lot of trash just upstream in shallows --Jan Powell, 2023:03:25 08:14:08, (19M) 30.8628429, -83.3020654

Movie: We are taking steps to begin remediating this issue at the source --Valdosta City Engineer Ben O'Dowd, (167M) 30.8628429, -83.3020654

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Movie: I really appreciate everybody coming out --Valdosta City Council Tim Carroll, (56M) 30.8628429, -83.3020654

Movie: Thank you for caring. Thank you for attacking it at the source. --Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson, (65M) 30.8628429, -83.3020654

Movie: Thank you very much --Jan Powell, (81M) 30.8628429, -83.3020654

Movie: Remediating at the source: that's news! --Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman, (42M) 30.8628429, -83.3020654

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Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson with a trash bag, 2023:03:25 08:22:20, 30.8627695, -83.3019280

Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson picking up trash, 2023:03:25 08:27:42, 30.8634499, -83.3020863

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City Council Tim Carroll, 2023:03:25 08:27:48, 30.8634499, -83.3020863

City Council Tim Carroll picking up trash, 2023:03:25 08:36:05, 30.8630817, -83.3020317

Tim Carroll and the animal trap he spotted, 2023:03:25 08:41:10, 30.8633846, -83.3020699

Animal trap spotted by Tim Carroll, 2023:03:25 08:37:24, 30.8632042, -83.3020296

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Nandina berries, poisonous to all animals, 2023:03:25 08:36:43, 30.8630816, -83.3020316

Embedded trash, 2023:03:25 08:37:41, 30.8632042, -83.3020296

Trash under wood, 2023:03:25 08:37:42, 30.8632042, -83.3020296

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Mayor picking up trash between two exotic invasive species, 2023:03:25 08:48:20, 30.8636422, -83.3021599

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Mayor Scott James Matheson, City Council Tim Carroll, City Manager Richard Hardy, 2023:03:25 08:48:59, 30.8636422, -83.3021599

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Acting City Manager Richard Hardy, 2023:03:25 08:49:11, 30.8636422, -83.3021599

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Beaver dam, 2023:03:25 08:58:35, 30.8635354, -83.3024407

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Zacadoo's cup, 2023:03:25 09:07:21, 30.8633856, -83.3027039

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Back at Berkley Drive, 2023:03:25 09:24:54, 30.8631572, -83.3019777

Bobby says head upstream, 2023:03:25 09:25:04, 30.8631572, -83.3019777

Trash so far at Berkley Drive, 2023:03:25 09:26:19, 30.8631597, -83.3017527

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Council Tim Carroll, City Manager Richard Hardy, Engineer Ben O'Dowd, neighbor Jan Powell, 2023:03:25 09:30:41, 30.8631589, -83.3020070

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Mack Drive Station, 606 Howellbrook Drive, 2023:03:25 09:50:35, 30.8618439, -83.2981396

Lift station context, 2023:03:25 09:50:40, 30.8618439, -83.2981396

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Buried wheels, 2023:03:25 09:58:45, 30.8622966, -83.2982368

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Water pipe outflow under a yard, 608 Howellbrook Drive, 2023:03:25 10:07:50, 30.8617220, -83.2991020

Context, water pipe outflow, 2023:03:25 10:07:54, 30.8622543, -83.2990056

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Zacadoo's cup, intact, 2023:03:25 10:11:23, 30.8624574, -83.2994384

Movie: Russell McBride carries city reporter over Two Mile Branch, 2023:03:25 10:11:26, (17M) 30.8624574, -83.2994384

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Trash trailer getting full, 2023:03:25 10:23:35, 30.8616717, -83.2995149

Neighbor Joscelyn Godwin and City Engineer Ben O'Dowd, 2023:03:25 10:25:04, 30.8617562, -83.2996488

More trash coming out, 2023:03:25 10:35:56, 30.8617542, -83.2987916

Engineer Ben O'Dowd, Joe driver of trash truck, Russell McBride, 2023:03:25 10:36:08, 30.8617542, -83.2987916

Engineer Ben O'Dowd, Russell McBride, Joe the driver, at Joscelyn Godwin's driveway, 2023:03:25 10:36:18, 30.8617542, -83.2987916

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Don Davis, Lowndes County Historical Society and Museum, 2023:03:25 10:42:36, 30.8627107, -83.3017916

Fin

That's a wrap, 2023:03:25 10:42:56, 30.8627107, -83.3017916

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Photographs by WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.,
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WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS), est. 2012, is an IRS 501(c)(3) non-for-profit charity.
WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.
Since 2016, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® is a project and a staff member of WWALS as the Waterkeeper Alliance® member for the 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia.