Update 2023-06-09: Pictures: Banks Lake Full Strawberry Moon –jsq 2023-06-03.
Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle, with bats!
When: Gather 7:30 PM, launch 8 PM, moonrise 8:28 PM, sunset 8:32 PM, end 9:30 PM, Saturday, June 3, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Photos: John S. Quarterman, Paula Williams, 2022-06-14]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-03--banks-lake-full-strawberry-moon/many.jpg)
Photos: John S. Quarterman, Paula Williams, 2022-06-14
Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle, probably with bats.
When: Gather 7:15 PM, launch 7:45 PM, moonrise 8:30 PM, sunset 8:14 PM, end 9:30 PM, Friday, May 5, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
Continue readingWhere to report:
https://wwals.net/report/
Update 2023-04-27: Name of the fisherman and the original poster, with link.
These fish pictures are getting shared around, and keep getting sent to Suwannee Riverkeeper. Here’s what the fish disease might be. If you see a fish like this, please stick it on ice and get it biopsied so you can know. Call us, so we can know, and we can help you find a lab.
I have provided some eye bleach for after you look at this picture.
The fish was caught in the Alapaha River in Berrien County, Georgia.
I’ve heard at least five theories for what is the problem with this fish, from most likely to least: Continue reading
Ahead of #earthday2023, we’re participating in “The Amazing Give.” It’s a 12-hour window for a day of giving on Thursday, April 20th, 2023, 8AM-8PM.
![[People of WWALS, The Amazing Give, What you support]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-20--amazing-give/many.jpg)
People of WWALS, The Amazing Give, What you support
Please contribute to this great cause and keep the 10,000 square
mile Suwannee basin clean, swimmable, fishable, and drinkable!
https://www.theamazinggive.org/organizations/wwals-watershed-coalition
-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/
Here are some previously-unpublished videos of a string of rapids on the Alapaha River between US 84 and Mayday.
They include Continue reading
Update 2023-04-21: Clean WIthlacoochee River 2023-04-20.
Now that Kimberly Tanner is testing weekly at Naylor Park Beach, we’ve added it to Swim Guide.
![[Sites and Swim Guide Map 2023-04-18]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-18--naylor-beach-swim-guide/many.jpg)
Sites and Swim Guide Map 2023-04-18
Since Naylor Boat Ramp is only 300 feet upstream on the Alapaha River, we’ve add it to Swim Guide with the same testing results.
They are both in Naylor Park, which is owned by Lowndes County, Georgia, and operated by Valdosta-Lowndes Parks and Recreational Authority (VLPRA). Continue reading
Sun, moon, bats, and planets, on a balmy night, last full moon at Banks Lake.
Come on out tonight at 6:45 PM and see for yourself!
![[Sunset, Bats, Planets, Moonrise @ Banks Lake 2023-03-07]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-07--banks-lake-full-worm-moon-pictures/many.jpg)
Sunset, Bats, Planets, Moonrise @ Banks Lake 2023-03-07
Here’s one of the least known landings on the Withlacoochee River: Futchs Ferry Landing.
It’s in Berrien County, Georgia, southwest of Ray City, on Futchs Ferry Road, which becomes Old Coffee Road on the Cook County side of the river.. It’s downstream from Youngs Mill Creek Landing (2.37 miles) and upstream from Hagan Bridge Landing (10.58 miles), on the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT).
![[Entrance, Withlacoochee River: Futchs Ferry Landing 2023-03-21]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-21--futchs-ferry-landing/many.jpg)
Entrance, Withlacoochee River: Futchs Ferry Landing 2023-03-21
That first step, sharp right off the graveled area, is a bit rough.
Do not go through the gate: that’s posted private property. Continue reading
Update 2023-03-23: Pictures: Jennings Bluff Florida State Geological Site with Dead River Sink 2023-03-17.
Update 2023-03-16: Partly cloudy and 62 degrees at Jennings at 10 AM, is the current prediction for tomorrow. See you at Jennings Bluff.
One of the most popular WWALS destinations is becoming a Florida State Geological Site.
![[Dead River Sink 2022-10-02, Jennings Bluff Tract, Hamilton County, Florida]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-17--jennings-bluff-dead-river/many.jpg)
Dead River Sink 2022-10-02, Jennings Bluff Tract, Hamilton County, Florida
We last did a WWALS hike to the Dead River Sink on October 2, 2022, after paddling down the Alapaha River in the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
~Short walk to Dead River Swallet will follow ceremony~
Continue reading
We’ll probably see more bats on this leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle on Banks Lake, our mini-Okefenokee, just west of Lakeland, Georgia.
When: Gather 6:45 PM, launch 7:15 PM, moonrise 8:37 PM, sunset 7:55 PM, end 9:30 PM, Thursday, April 6, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Banks Lake Full Moon pictures from 2020-05-07]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-06--banks-lake-full-pink-moon/many.jpg)
Banks Lake Full Moon pictures from 2020-05-07
![[Happy paddlers]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2021-05-26--full-flower-blood-super-moon-pictures/big/20210526_204947.jpg)
![[Infected fish 2023-04-19]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-19--alapaha-fish-infection/big/2023-04-19--fish-infection.jpg)
![[River Bend Rapids, Overhanging branch dunk, Cow Shoals, Cow Creek, Fallers Award at Mayday, Alapaha River, 7 May 2016]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2016-05-07--us84-to-mayday-alapaha-river-videos/many.jpg)