You can join WWALS at Azalea Festival this Saturday and Sunday. Meanwhile, here are a few pictures from last year.
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Live Oak Rivers Rally 7PM tonight in Valdosta Daily Times 2017-01-12
See you tonight at 7PM at the Women’s Club of Live Oak 1308 11th St. SW, Live Oak, FL (facebook event).
Terry Richards, Valdosta Daily Times, 11 January 2017, Sabal Pipeline protest meeting planned
LIVE OAK, Fla. — An environmental group opposing a natural gas pipeline project plans to host a gathering of similarly minded organizations Thursday.
WWALS Watershed Coalition will hold the meeting 7 p.m. at the Women’s Club of Live Oak 1308 11th St. SW, said John Quarterman of WWALS.
Houston-based Spectra Energy Corp. has reported the pipeline will Continue reading
It’s that most wonderful time of the year — Happy Holidays
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Yuletide Greetings!
Are you looking for a non-profit for your year end giving, or a gift
for that hard to buy for person? WWALS is a 501(c)(3) and your
donations are tax deductible as allowable by law. I invite you to become a member
today or make an additional year end gift. Your gift helps us
achieve our mission:
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PO Box 88, Hahira, GA 31632
Organizations can donate to WWALS, too, as many have.
In this very busy year of 2016 WWALS has: Continue reading
Aerials: Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park 2016-11-23
Wanee, Hulaween, Suwannee River Roots Revival,
and right now Suwannee Lights; where music lives: Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, seen from the air.
Wanee main entrance to Grande Hall, 30.3940130, -82.9404060
St Marys Riverkeeper Big Splash 2016-11-19
Rick Frey is the new St Marys Riverkeeper, and his board had a big bash at White Oak Conservation, with Bobby Kennedy, president and founder of Waterkeeper® Alliance, the organization that licenses Riverkeepers. WWALS was represented by president John S. Quarterman and Treasurer Gretchen Quarterman. Doubtless pictures from the professional photographer will get posted somewhere; meanwhile, here are a few snaps, including some of our brother and sister Riverkeepers: Flint, Altamaha, and Satilla.
Pictures, Pioneer Day, Okefenokee NWR 2016-11-19
Rachael Thompson of Satilla Riverkeeper invited WWALS to
Pioneer Day at the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge near Folkston, Georgia.
Rachael showed children how watersheds work.
They played the WWALS froggy toss game.
Endangered species puppets paraded.
Houdini the rat snake was a hit.
And there were gators.
More pictures below. Continue reading
The Big Splash: St Marys Riverkeeper Roll-Out 2016-11-19
The only other Waterkeeper to straddle the GA-FL line,
the new St Marys Riverkeeper Rick Frey, is hosting a big do in Florida Saturday,
WWALS will be there to help
“celebrate the roll-out of this non-profit effort to engage and educate our community about the benefits of a clean St. Marys River and to conserve this historic and scenic natural resource now and for generations to come.”
This is the same day after Okefenokee Pioneer Day with Satilla Riverkeeper. Lots of Riverkeepers will be at this St Marys Bash.
When: 5-9PM Saturday 19 November 2016
Where:
White Oak Conservation,
581705 White Oak Rd,
Yulee, Florida 32097
Tickets: Sold out.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
WWALS with Satilla Riverkeeper at Okefenokee Pioneer Day Festival 2016-11-19
Cane syrup boiling, mule grinder, endangereed species puppetry, and more at the Okefenokee Pioneer Day Festival. With the froggie toss game, WWALS will be on the east side of the Okefenokee Swamp Saturday November 19th 2016, travelling out of WWALS territory to visit our good neighbor to the east, Satilla Riverkeeper.
When: 9AM – 3PM, Saturday, November 19th 2016
Where:
Richard S. Bolt Visitor Center
Suwannee Canal Recreation Area (East Entrance)
Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
30.73870100, -82.14000600
Directions: Continue reading
WWALS at Alapaha Station Celebration 2016-11-12
WWALS be talking about how Alapaha RIver Water Trail, which starts at Sheboggy Landing on US 82 just east of Alapaha, GA, at the Alapaha Station Celebration. This the third year for WWALS at this festival located in the upper middle section of our watershed near the Willacoochee and Alapaha Rivers.
When: 9AM-5PM Saturday November 12th 2016
Where: 245 NE Railroad St, Alapaha, GA 31622
Some people wonder: what’s the station? It’s Continue reading
Gulf and south Atlantic Waterkeeper Retreat
FERC reform as an initiative was one result of this year’s meeting, this time where Georgia Water Coalition usually meets, of the Riverkeepers and other Waterkeeper members and affiliates from Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and beyond as far as Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
Front row by himself: Pete Harrison (Waterkeeper Alliance attorney).
Kneeling: Rick Frey (St Marys),
Dan Tonsmeire (Apalachicola),
Laura Jackson (Mobile),
Rachael Thompson (Satilla),
Dale Caldwell (Chattahoochee),
Kemp Burdette (Cape Fear),
Gordon Rogers (Flint)
Standing: Jason Ulseth (Chattahoochee),
Bill Strangler (Congaree),
Casi Callaway (Mobile),
Susan Wendel (Altamaha)
Earl Hatley (Grand),
Elena Fodera Richards (Savannah),
Emily Markesteyn (Ogeechee),
John S. Quarterman (WWALS),
Bart Mihailovich (Waterkeeper),
Bruce Bodson (Galveston),
Krissy Kasserman (Youghiogheny, wearing the blue and gray plaid shirt)
Henry Jacobs (Chattachoochee, wearing the beanie cap leaning against the wall),
Jacob Oblander (Lower Savannah River Alliance Affiliate, right behind Krissy),
Michael Mullen (Choctawhatchee, right next to Jacob),
Rebecca Jim (Tar Creek, right next to Krissy),
Tonya Bonitatibus (Savannah),
Matt Starr (Upper Neuse, right behind Gordon),
Cade Kistler (Mobile, against wall),
Sam Perkins (Catawba),
Lisa Rinaman (St Johns).
Not pictured: Kaitlin Warren, Seth Clark, and Jen Hilburn (Altamaha), Rachel Sliverstein (Miami), Kelly Cox (Miami), Neil Armingeon (Matanzas), Gretchen Quarterman (WWALS), Anna Alsobrook (French Broad), Bill D’Antuono and Harrison Langley (Collier), Misha Mitchell (Atchaflaya), Myra Crawford (Cahaba), John Paul (Caloosahatchee), Kevin Jeselnik (Chattahoochee), Frank Chitwood (Coosa), Hartwell Carson (French Broad), Rob Walters (Three Rivers).
That group picture was taken late after many people had left, and some never arrived, due to hurricane or other reasons. Some of the missing are below in pictures Gretchen took, including one of Altamaha Riverkeeper Jen Hilburn, in whose extensive watersheds we met. And of course FERC reform wasn’t the only initiative: trash, biological contamination, CAFOs, and others are on the agenda.
Bart Mihailovich, Waterkeeper Alliance, 3 November 2016, 2016 Gulf and South Atlantic Regional Retreat Recap, Continue reading