Back for the third year: the WWALS booth at Little River Fest, on the border Little River between Colquitt and Cook Counties. Georgia, in the heart of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT).
When: 9AM to 4PM, Saturday, April 14, 2018
Where:
Reed Bingham State Park,
542 Reed Bingham Rd.
Adel, Ga 31620
Not too crowded, and fun, Little River Fest at Reed Bingham State Park on the border Little River between Colquitt and Cook Counties, in the heart of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT). We’ll be back in 2018.
The First Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest is scheduled! Soon song submissions will open. And you can still help plan it.
Song Submissions:
Starting soon (date to be announced) through Sunday May 13
Finalists will be announced Saturday May 19, 2018.
The Contest: 1-5PM, Saturday, June 23, 2018
Where: Community Center, Cedar Key, Florida, with food and beverages
What: Finalists will play, sponsors will be acknowledged, and judges will award prizes.
Clockwise from left:
Anna, Teri, Eileen, jsq, (Mike), Scotti, Sara.
What to submit: Lyrics and sound (mp3) about any river, creek, spring, sink, swamp, or pond in the Suwannee River Basin (except not the Santa Fe River nor creeks, sinks, etc. on it, because it has its own contest). Nature, people, or events, are all Continue reading
Dave and Louise Hetzel will staff the WWALS booth at a big event in a small town in the Suwannee River Estuary, Saturday and Sunday, March 24 and 25, 2018.
When:
10AM-5PM Saturday, March 24, 2018
10AM-4PM Sunday, March 25, 2018
Where: downtown Cedar Key, Florida
WWALS member Anna White Hodges, who arranged a site for the WWALS booth, says: Continue reading
Come help WWALS celebrate spring with 25,000 of our south Georgia and north Florida friends, at the Azalea Festival in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
When:
10AM-6PM Saturday 10 March 2018
10AM-5PM Sunday 11 March 2018
Volunteer: WWALS members can help at the table!
Where:
Drexel Park
30.846771, -83.285066
Patterson at W. Brookwood Drive, Valdosta, GA
(across Patterson from VSU)
That’s on One Mile Branch, which flows into Sugar Creek, then the Withlacoochee River,
the Suwannee, to the Gulf.
Photo: John S. Quarterman for WWALS at Azalea Festival 2017.
What: Valdosta Daily Times, December 19, 2017:
The festival attracts vendors from throughout the country with Continue reading
It was a weekend of family fun, with 25,000 of our closest friends and the froggy toss game, in Drexel Park, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, Spring 2017, on One Mile Branch, upstream of where we did the Cleanup, then flowing into Sugar Creek, and then the Withlacoochee River, just upstream of the newly-rediscovered public access off of Gornto Road, then into the Suwannee River, to the Gulf.
The WWALS booth will be back at Azalea Festival Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11, 2018.
With 25,000 of our closest friends at the Hahira Honeybee Festival. Maybe it was the Morrocco Shriners, but it was magic.
For comparison, Hahira’s 2016 population was 2,937.
A fine day, good food, raffles, and lots of interest in water trails, cleanups, outings, etc. at Brooks County Skillet Fest.
In addition to the then-ongoing kayak raffle, Gretchen bought a skillet that we raffled off. Continue reading
Update 2018-11-09: Pictures.
We will have the WWALS festival booth at the Alapaha Station Celebration on Saturday November 11, for the fourth year running. Join us for a fun day of outreach to members of our community.
When: 9AM – 5PM, Saturday, November 11, 2017
Where: Alapaha Station, 245 NE Railroad St, Alapaha, Georgia
Miss Alapaha Station Mini Supreme at the WWALS booth last year.
The station is only a few miles from Continue reading
Last year at Alapaha Station Celebration we met a lot of people ad had a good time. We’ll be back there this Saturday.
