Gators, herons, hawks, and a very hard-to-see bittern, all before
Billy’s Island in the Okefenokee Swamp,
on a WWALS monthly outing, 10 December 2016.
A few WWALS videos and many pictures and a google map below: Continue reading
Category Archives: Outing
5th Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race with grilling and silent auction 2017-04-29
Update 2017-06-04: And the winners!
Update 2017-04-30: Summary of news coverage.
Update 2017-04-29: Pictures and videos.
Update 2017-04-27: Paddle or Race, Scott James Talk 92.1 FM radio 2017-04-27
Update 2017-04-26: River radio videos: Charlie Walker dried off in time on KIX 99.5 FM for the BIG Little River Paddle Race 2017-04-26 and Video: BLPR and Neighbor Steve Nichols, WVGA 105.9 FM 2017-04-26.
Update 2017-04-25: More river radio: BLPR on The Morning Drive with Steve Nichols, 105.9 FM, 8:15 AM Wednesday April 26, 2017, and you can get a kayak raffle ticket online or at the paddle race.
Update 2017-04-24: Hear about it on the Scott James Talk 92.1 FM radio show 8AM Thursday April 27th.
Back by popular demand! This year plus lunch grilling and a silent auction afterwards: the fifth annual BIG Little River Paddle Race, a fundraiser for WWALS and Friends of Reed Bingham (FORB). Last year we had 34 paddlers, and the traditional winner almost lost! Come on down and you can be a winner, if not first place, in one of many categories.
Where: Red Roberts Landing
31°11’32.0″N 83°31’13.2″W
Rountree Bridge Road
Between Moultrie and Adel, GA
I-75 Exit 41 (at Sparks) to Rountree Bridge Road
When:
8AM-9AM Registration
9:30 AM Mass Start
What:
Canoes or Kayaks Only
Life jackets required of all participants.
Let people know:
facebook event or the Meetup event.
But remember to register.
Registration: Register on-line Continue reading
Pictures and video, Suwannee River Outing and Protest 2017-01-14
By water, land, and air hundreds gathered Saturday to protect the Suwannee River
from the invading Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline.
23 people signed in at the WWALS paddle on the Suwannee River.
You’ll see more pictures from others later, including from
the Southwings flight for WWALS, and from the protest by others on land.
Meanwhile, here are a few pictures,
a few videos,
a
google map,
plus
people stuck outside Suwannee River State Park as reporters drove in,
and a few pictures of
red pipe going into the ground in Hamilton County, plus 15 state trooper cars.
All the news stories I’ve seen thus far are also linked in,
plus pictures of the two TV reporters arriving.
Thanks to the 23 paddlers, 5 from Georgia (1 from Hahira, 1 from Valdosta, 1 from Warner Robins, 2 from Pine Mountain)
and 18 from Florida (2 from Jacksonville,
1 from Tallahassee,
2 from White Springs,
1 from Live Oak,
4 from Fort White,
4 from Alachua,
2 from Gainesville,
2 from Micanopy).
That’s a range of more than 300 miles, along most of the Sabal Trail pipeline path and elsewhere.
Thanks to Amy Wiegenstein for Continue reading
Paddle Suwannee Campsites to State Park against Sabal Trail 2016-01-14
Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® invites you on
a brief paddle down the Suwannee River from the CR 141 ramp to the Sabal Trail pipeline path, and onwards to Suwannee River State Park (SRSP) Ramp,
preceded by speakers at SRSP.
The last time we paddled this route
we were live on the WCTV 6 o’clock news.
Like that time, this is a completely legal nonviolent protest event
against the unnecessary, destructive, and hazardous Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline,
right now drilling under the Suwannee River.
Bring the usual personal flotation device, boat paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit. With bon-bons, of course.
Simultaneously another event NOT organized by WWALS is taking place: Mass Civil Disobedience to Stop the Suwannee River Crossing. If you want to do anything that might not be legal, go to that other, non-WWALS event.
To hear directly from the organizers of the various events, come to Rivers against Sabal Trail in Live Oak 7PM Jan 12 2017 —Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
The January 14th WWALS Suwannee River paddle is resolutely legal, on the navigable waters of the Outstanding Florida Water, the Suwannee River, or on its banks below the high water mark. There is no perfect guarantee, but this WWALS outing is about as safe legally as you can get.
When: Saturday, January 14th, 2017
10:30 AM deposit boats at CR 141 Ramp (the green map marker). The boats will be watched by a WWALS volunteer.
Shuttle to SRSP by 11AM for speakers there (the blue map marker).
Noon shuttle back to CR 141 Ramp to be on the water by 12:30 PM
to get to the pipeline crossing by 1PM (the red map marker).
Afternoon take out at SRSP and shuttle those who need it back to CR 141 Ramp.
Put In: Continue reading
Pictures: Redoux Suwannee River Roline to Cypress Creek 2016-09-05
Update 2019-05-01: To be continued, Saturday, May 4, 2019, Cypress Creek South Launch to Cone Bridge Ramp, Suwannee River.
Rapids,
a spring,
a creek,
lunch with the WWALS banner on a beach,
old bridge pylons,
spring,
some
rapids,
Rocky Creek,
the
WWALS banner at lunch,
Turner Bridge pylons,
and a
painting boat
on the Suwannee River on a
WWALS Saturday Outing rescheduled to Monday due to Hurricane Hermine.
Plus
some videos
and a
google map.
Spring 30.5579067, -82.7266533
Continue readingFargo to Roline, Suwannee River, 2017-03-18
Update 2017-03-17: Yes, there’s plenty of water and the weather forecast is fine.
A long downstream paddle on the historic Suwannee River from Georgia into Florida.
In the winter-spring rainy season the water should be high and fast.
Bring the usual personal flotation device, boat paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit. There is no good place to take out before the end point, so be prepared to paddle all day. With lunch, swim stops, and bon-bons, of course.
When: 7AM Saturday, March 18th, 2017
Put In: Fargo Ramp
GPS: 30.68297, -82.56105
Take Out: Roline Launch
Duration: 10 hours
Free: This outing is Free! And we recommend you support the work of WWALS by becoming a WWALS member today!
Continue readingGA 168 (Berrien Beach) to GA 122 (Lakeland) Alapaha River Outing 2017-02-11
Long, but if the water is high, should be fast: 16 1/2 miles from Berrien Beach Landing
to Lakeland Boat Ramp on the lovely wild
Alapaha River Water Trail.
As long as the rains keep coming, the river should be high and it should take less
time than the usual estimate of eight hours.
Bring the usual personal flotation device, boat paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit.
There is no good place to take out before the end point, so be prepared to paddle all day.
When: 7:00AM, Saturday, February 11th, 2017
Put In: Berrien Beach Ramp, on GA 168 east of Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia, at 31.159076, -83.045554. Continue reading
Walter Parks, Swamp by Chandelier
You won’t hear
this every day.
Thanks to Flint Riverkeeper Gordon Rogers for pointing to these Okefenokee Swamp hollers by Walter Parks.
And don’t forget WWALS has an outing 10AM this Saturday December 10th at Georgia’s Stephen C. Foster State Park on the Suwannee River near Fargo, GA, to paddle into the Okefenokee Swamp. Continue reading
Cook County Landing (GA 76) to Folsom Bridge (GA 122), Little River 20162017-01-14
In January the water should be up like a year ago at this three-hour tour of the idyllic Little River between Brooks County and Cook and Lowndes Counties, Georgia.
There should be no need to drag boats, like there was in July.
When: 10 AM Saturday January 14th 2017
Put In: Cook County Landing (GA 76) between Adel, Cook County and Barney, Brooks County, Georgia
GPS Coordinates: Continue reading
Okefenokee Suwannee River Outing @ Fargo, GA 2016-12-10
Update 2017-02-05 Pictures.
You can join WWALS for a fall Saturday paddle on the Suwannee River in
the Okefenokee swamp.
Bring a boat, PFD, and paddle, or you can rent those at the park.
When: 10AM Saturday December 10th 2016
Where: Georgia’s Stephen C. Foster State Park near Fargo, GA
What: Paddle from Billy’s Lake down through the River Narrows to the Suwannee River Sill.
Distance: About 7 miles in about 4 hours Continue reading