Come clean up trash along Azalea City Trail in Valdosta. Start near the notorious Wainwright Drive manhole on Sugar Creek, and go upstream and downstream.
When: 10 AM, Sunday, March 16, 2025
Put In: Wainwright Drive between Baytree Drive and Brookhaven Drive, and maybe also downstream, in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
GPS: 30.84287, -83.30113
![[Azalea City Trail Cleanup 2025-03-16, Start at Wainwright Drive, One Mile Branch]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-03-16--one-mile-branch-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Azalea City Trail Cleanup 2025-03-16, Start at Wainwright Drive, One Mile Branch
Join us between the Little River Confluence and Sugar Creek on the Withlacoochee River seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.
When: Gather 12 PM, launch 12:30 PM, end 4 PM, Saturday, March 8, 2025
Put In: Troupville Boat Ramp, 19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602. I-75 exit 18, west on GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) away from the Valdosta Mall, at the traffic light for Val Tech Road, turn left down to the boat ramp, in Lowndes County.
![[Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-03-08, Troupville Boat Ramp, Upstream to Sugar Creek]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-03-08--troupville-upstream-withlacoochee-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-03-08, Troupville Boat Ramp, Upstream to Sugar Creek
TJ Johnson from Live Oak, FL, and I sawed a few deadfalls, and Tish Hall from Lake Park, GA, cleared brush and got some trash, on the Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River upstream from Troupville 2025-03-04.
![[Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2025-03-04, upstream from Troupville, Got a few deadfalls]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-03-04--withlacoochee-upstream-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup-pictures/igmany.jpg)
Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2025-03-04, upstream from Troupville, Got a few deadfalls
We gnawed on the infamous CiHiG (Cut It Here, I Guess) Deadfall yet again.
A bit downstream from there we got through a deadfall that had been diverting boats sharp around a cypress with knees, where the WWALS jon boat more than once has canted 45 degrees.
The Valdosta Gauge read 120.27 at noon Tuesday.
Tish Hall gets the good sport award for helping tow the jon boat up the Little River when the 9.9 hp outboard would not start and the 86lb-thrust trolling motor wasn’t quite strong enough.
That outboard is annoying: day after day it started and ran no problem in a bucket back at the ranch. But when we needed it on the river, it would not start.
I left it at Winsel’s Boats to see if he can fix it.
Oh, and I did use the 24-inch Husqvarna chainsaw that Wild Green Future’s grant bought for WWALS. Nobody got any pictures, so I guess you can just believe me. Would have gone faster if TJ hadn’t kept saying stop, you’re getting water in the boat.
Phil Hubbard and I may try chainsawing another time or two this weekend, depending on water levels and thunderstorms.
Also this weekend, come see the WWALS Booth at the Azalea Festival
in Drexel Park, Valdosta, GA.
If you’re a WWALS member, maybe you’d like to help at the booth.
https://wwals.net/?p=67089
Yes, we will announce the final route for the March 15 Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle
by Monday.
https://wwals.net/?p=66833
For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. Continue reading
Come out Tuesday morning before the rains, start at Troupville Boat Ramp, down around the the Little River Confluence and up the Withlacoochee River towards Sugar Creek, seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.
Thanks to TJ Johnson for coming up from Live Oak, Florida, to lead this one.
Looks like the water will be about a foot higher than last time, when we were stopped by the CiHiG (Cut it Here, I Guess) Deadfall, so this time we should be able to get up over that one to see what’s upstream.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Put In: Troupville Boat Ramp, 19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602. I-75 exit 18, west on GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) away from the Valdosta Mall, at the traffic light for Val Tech Road, turn left down to the boat ramp, in Lowndes County.
![[Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, upstream from Troupville, Saturday, March 4, 2025]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-03-04--withlacoochee-upstream-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, upstream from Troupville, Saturday, March 4, 2025
Update 2025-04-01: Clean Franks Creek 2025-02-26 and Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers 2025-02-27.
Yesterday from Troupville Boat Ramp around the Little River Confluence and up the Withlacoochee River, we were stopped by the same CiHiG Deadfall that stopped us back on November 23, 2024.
![[Troupville upstream Withlacoochee River chainsaw cleanup, Saturday, February 8, 2025]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-02-08--withlacoochee-troupville-upstream-chainsaw-cleanup-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Troupville upstream Withlacoochee River chainsaw cleanup, Saturday, February 8, 2025
The lower log was partly exposed yesterday, but not enough to get two cuts out of it.
The water level was 119.88 feet NAVD88 on the Valdosdta Gauge.
We also went up the Little River a few miles and back. More on that later.
Meanwhile, today you can join us for Langdale Park Downstream Withlacoochee Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-02-09.
Yesterday, TJ Johnson, leading this expedition, got one good cut in with wedges to keep it from jamming the saw. Continue reading
Update 2025-02-09: Rerouted to Langdale Park Downstream Withlacoochee Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-02-09.
Join us between the Little River Confluence and GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.
Thanks to Phil Hubbard for leading this one.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Sunday, February 9, 2025
Put In: Troupville Boat Ramp, 19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602. I-75 exit 18, west on GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) away from the Valdosta Mall, at the traffic light for Val Tech Road, turn left down to the boat ramp, in Lowndes County.
![[Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-02-09, upstream from Troupville, Thanks Phil Hubbard]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-02-09--withlacoochee-upstream-cleanup-troupville/fbmany.jpg)
Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-02-09, upstream from Troupville, Thanks Phil Hubbard
Update 2025-02-08: Pictures: Troupville upstream Withlacoochee chainsaw cleanup 2025-02-08.
Join us between the Little River Confluence and GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.
You can collect trash, take pictures, or just paddle along.
If you do have a chainsaw and know how to use it, bring it along. Or a sawzall or a handsaw: especially good for underwater small limbs.
We will be using the WWALS jon boat with 9.9hp outboard, bought with a generous grant from Wild Green Future.
Kayaks and canoes are welcome. You can also participate by walking along the riverbank. If you have a jon boat and outboard, you can bring that.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, February 8, 2025
Put In: Troupville Boat Ramp, 19664 Valdosta Hwy, Valdosta, GA 31602. I-75 exit 18, west on GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) away from the Valdosta Mall, at the traffic light for Val Tech Road, turn left down to the boat ramp, in Lowndes County.
![[Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-02-08, Troupville Boat Ramp, You do not have to saw]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-02-08--withlacoochee-troupville-upstream-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-02-08, Troupville Boat Ramp, You do not have to saw
Update 2025-03-08: Another Clean up One Mile Branch at Azalea City Trail, Valdosta, GA 2025-03-16.
Thanks to the four Alpha Phi Alpha of VSU.
![[Cleanup, One Mile Branch, Azalea City Trail 2025-01-25, Wainwright Drive, Alpha Phi Alpha, VSU]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-01-25--wainwright-drive-one-mile-branch-azalea-city-trail-cleanup-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Cleanup, One Mile Branch, Azalea City Trail 2025-01-25, Wainwright Drive, Alpha Phi Alpha, VSU
Thanks to Scotti Jay Jones and Sara Squires Jones for organizing this cleanup near the notorious Wainwright Drive manhole on One Mile Branch, along the Azalea City Trail in Valdosta, Georgia.
Donovan Henderson of Alpha Phi Alpha found the Zacadoo’s cup. Continue reading
Join us for a leisurely paddle on the Withlacoochee River: three miles to Sugar Creek with early takeout, and another four miles to Troupville Boat Ramp, around all the river frontage of the land recently purchased by Lowndes County for Troupville River Camp and Nature Park.
Paddle with Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson and Lowndes County Chairman Bill Slaughter. Shuttle vans provided by Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority (VLPRA). Thanks to a generous grant from Georgia Power, this outing is free for everyone.
Boats: Bring your own if you have it.
VSU CORE Outdoors will bring some boats for free.
To reserve a boat, please use this eventbrite ticket:
https://www.eventbrite.com/myevent?eid=1272573675119
When: Gather 8 AM, launch 10 AM, end 4 PM, Saturday, March 15, 2025
Put In: Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 3781 N. Valdosta Rd., Valdosta, GA 31602.
GPS: 30.88747, -83.32395
Safety: Be on time. If you miss the safety briefing, you cannot paddle with us.
Each person in a boat, no matter how young or old, must wear a PFD.
Continue reading
It was fun, the Sasser Landing Cleanup on the Alapaha River 2024-07-13. We also went to Jannings Bluff Landing and the Dead River Sink, all by land.
![[Sasser Landing Cleanup, Alapaha River 2024-07-13, Jennings Bluff, Dead River Sink]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-07-13--sasser-cleanup-pictures/many.jpg)
Sasser Landing Cleanup, Alapaha River 2024-07-13, Jennings Bluff, Dead River Sink
Thanks to Dennis J. Price for leading this expedition in Hamilton County, Florida.
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. Continue reading
![[Mayor and Chairmans Paddle, Langdale Park to Troupville 2025-03-15, Early Takeout Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee and Little Rivers]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-03-15--mayor-chairmans-paddle/fbmany.jpg)