Rescheduled to January because of impending thunderstorms on the previous date.
Join us to clean up trash near the notorious Wainwright Drive manhole on Sugar Creek, along the Azalea City Trail in Valdosta, Georgia.
When: 10 AM-1 PM, Saturday, January 25, 2025
Put In: Wainwright Drive between Baytree Drive and Brookhaven Drive in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
GPS: 30.84287, -83.30113
Continue readingUpdate 2024-12-27: Due to impending rain at the original date, Rescheduled: Clean up One Mile Branch at Azalea City Trail, Wainwright Drive, Valdosta GA 2025-01-25.
Join us to clean up trash near the notorious Wainwright Drive manhole on Sugar Creek, along the Azalea City Trail in Valdosta, Georgia.
When: 10 AM-1 PM, Sunday, December 29, 2024
Put In: Wainwright Drive between Baytree Drive and Brookhaven Drive in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
GPS: 30.84287, -83.30113
![[Clean up One Mile Branch at Azalea City Trail 2024-12-29, Wainwright Drive, Valdosta GA]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-12-29--wainwright-drive-one-mile-branch-azalea-city-trail-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Clean up One Mile Branch at Azalea City Trail 2024-12-29, Wainwright Drive, Valdosta GA
Update 2024-11-27: Retrieving PFAS samplers, Withlacoochee River 2024-11-23.
We got some big deadfalls and marked one to go back, on the Withlacoochee River after Hurricane Helene Chainsaw Cleanup from Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23.
We didn’t go very far, but that third of a mile is much better now. We got the big log at CiHiG (Cut it Here, I Guess) Deadfall. but there’s another below it that was just sticking out, level with the water, at 120.6 feet NAVD88 Saturday on the US 41 (Valdosta) Withlacoochee River Gauge. We’ll have to go back at lower water to get the lower log. Continue reading
Update 2024-11-25: Pictures: Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23.
Rescheduled to 2024-12-23 2024-11-23 due to water too high and contaminated at previous date after the flash flood.
Join us between the Little River Confluence and GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.
Canoes, kayaks, and other jon boats are welcome to join the WWALS jonboat and outboard. You can also walk along the right bank of the Withlacoochee River.
Hurricane Helene blew down many trees, so we should find plenty of deadfalls.
Nobody has to use a saw of any kind. You can help by photographing, collecting trash, pulling limbs out of the way, or just being there.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, November 23, 2024
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 2024-11-23, after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-11-23--withlacoochee-chainsaw-cleanup-troupville/fbmany.jpg)
Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-11-23, after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp
That was a very productive chainsaw cleanup, even though we didn’t even get three miles up the Little River from Red Roberts Landing.
Here are some video snippets:
https://youtu.be/kw0agoUEObA
It was a nice day down on Rountree Road. Continue reading
Update 2024-11-15: Rescheduled to 2024-12-23 2024-11-23 due to water too high and contaminated at previous date after the flash flood.
Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23.
Update 2024-11-15: Changed to November 16, 2024, due to schedule conflicts.
Join us, walking between the Little River Confluence and GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect.
Hurricane Helene blew down many trees, so we should find plenty of deadfalls.
Nobody has to use a saw of any kind. You can help by photographing, pulling limbs out of the way, or just being there.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, November 2, 2024
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.
The water level is well below our recommended low level for paddling,
but if you do want to put in a kayak or canoe,
you might try sliding it down the sand slope under the GA 133 bridge.
The water level was not too low on the Little River, but it was too low on the Withlacoochee River for the WWALS jon boat with outboard. So, there was no chainsawing.
We’ve been waiting for the Withlacoochee River to get down to a level where we can do a walking chainsaw cleanup. With no rain in sight, it will be plenty low next Saturday, so that will be the time.
![[Water too low for jon boat outboard, Withlacoochee River, Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-10-26--upstream-withlacoochee-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Water too low for jon boat outboard, Withlacoochee River, Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26
Thanks to TJ Johnson for driving an hour from Live Oak to get there with chainsaws to lead this expedition, and for helping haul the jon boat back upstream on muscle and trolling motor batteries after the outboard did not restart after Trashy Shoals. Continue reading
Update 2024-10-27: Pictures.
Kayaks and canoes and jon boats are invited to join the WWALS jon boat with 9.9hp outboard seeking deadfalls to chainsaw and trash to collect. After Hurricane Helene, there are probably new ones. We will go as far up as we can and have time for with sawing, maybe to the GA 133 Bridge, the I-75 Bridge, or even Sugar Creek.
Nobody has to use a saw of any kind. You can collect trash, photograph, video, pull limbs out of the way, or just paddle.
First we will jaunt downstream past the cleaned-water Outflow of Valdosta’s Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant and Spring Branch to pick up a couple of PFAS water sample collection devices we planted on September 14. If they’re still there after the hurricane.
If you’re paddling, you can just turn left at the Little River Confluence and go on up the Withlacoochee River.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, October 26, 2024
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.
Continue readingUpdate 2024-11-02: Pictures: Red Roberts Little River Upstream Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-09-21.
Come take pictures, collect trash, or pull limbs out of the way. You do not have to saw. Kayaks and canoes welcome, to accompany the WWALS jon boat and 9.9 hp outboard.
Upstream half a mile are two big deadfalls we will chainsaw. Another mile up through Rountree Lake (a wide area in the Little River) is another deadfall. We will see what else we find upstream.
If there’s time, we’ll get another deadfall downstream.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, September 21, 2024
Put In: Red Roberts Landing, 4727 Rountree Bridge Rd., Adel, GA 31620. I-75 Exit 41, go west, turn right in front of the Horse Creek Winery to stay on Rountree Bridge Road, continue about 5 miles, turn left before the Little River.
![[Chainsaw Cleanup, Little River, Rountree Lake 2024-09-21, Above Rountree Bridge, Red Roberts Landing]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-09-21--red-roberts-little-river-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
Chainsaw Cleanup, Little River, Rountree Lake 2024-09-21, Above Rountree Bridge, Red Roberts Landing
I think that’s eight big deadfalls and some littler stuff that we sawed, downstream on the Withlacoochee River Langdale Park Chainsaw Cleanup. Hurricane Debby and other storms left quite a bit of debris.
![[Downstream Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park 2024-08-25, 2 jon boats and a canoe, Withlacoochee River]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-08-25--jon-boat-withlacoochee-river-chainsaw-cleanup-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Downstream Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park 2024-08-25, 2 jon boats and a canoe, Withlacoochee River
We had Phil Royce’s jon boat with 3.5 hp outboard, the WWALS jon boat with 9.9 hp outboard, and TJ Johnson in a canoe.
I think there were four or five chainsaws among us, including the 24-inch Husqvarna 460 that the Wild Green Future Grant paid for, along with the 9.9 hp outboard. Plus TJ’s handsaw.
Here are some video snippets:
https://youtu.be/tuGSugOlTLw?si=xQrAla60gZzeNnkR
So you want to know: after all this sawing, can you paddle from Langdale Park to Sugar Creek? Continue reading
![[Clean up One Mile Branch on the Azalea City Trail, Wainwright Drive, Valdosta GA, Rescheduled to 2025-01-25]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-01-25--wainwright-drive-one-mile-branch-azalea-city-trail-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
![[Got some big ones. Plenty more to do. Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup from Troupville 2024-11-23]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-11-23--withlacoochee-chainsaw-cleanup-troupville-pictures/many.jpg)
![[Many deadfalls, Little River Chainsaw Cleanup, Red Roberts Landing 2024-09-21 Darlene Ray, Paris & Tommy Stoeffler, Tish Hall, Lon Kemeness, John S. Quarterman]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-09-21--red-roberts-little-river-chainsaw-cleanup-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
![[Walking Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-11-02, after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-11-02--walking-withlacoochee-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)
![[Upstream Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26, From Troupville Boat Ramp, After Hurricane Helene]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-10-26--upstream-withlacoochee-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)