Category Archives: Outing

Rowetown Church to GA 135: WWALS April outing 2015-04-18

Update 2015-04-17: Water’s high, but looks like the outing is on.

Paddle downstream on the Alapaha River past the Willacoochee River and the city of Willacoochee, among ancient cypress, pines, turtles, fish, and birds. This is a long one, so come prepared: water, snacks, and as always personal flotation devices. It’s also remote and possibly difficult with deadfalls, so please be able to swim or at least float. If you need a boat, please contact wwalswatershed@gmail.com. Facebook event.

When:	8AM April 18th 2015
Shuttle:	40 min. shuttle
Start:	9AM on the water
Duration:	approximately 4 hour paddle
Stop:	About 1PM
Where:	Rowetown Church Cemetery, 7 miles east of Alapaha, GA via Moore Sawmill Road, on Rowetown Church Road, Berrien County, GA 31.33906, -83.149789

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A Day in the Woods at Gaskins Forest Education Center 2015-04-18

The Gaskins Forest Education Center invites you to A Day in the Woods: Forestry and Wildlife Activities for All the Family, on Saturday, April 18 from 9 am to 3 pm.

Educators interested in botany, forestry, wildlife, hydrology, and geology may want to take this opportunity to come out on April 18^th and see the potential for planning and carrying out future teacher-led outdoor classroom activities.
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Third Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race

Saturday May 16th 2015 at Reed Bingham State Park, you can join the annual fun paddling down our south Georgia blackwater Little River past herons and alligators to the lake in Reed Bingham State Park, between Adel and Moultrie, equidistant from Tifton and Valdosta.

You can register online or at the event.

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Summary of Statenville to Sasser Landing WWALS Outing –Bret Wagenhorst 2015-02-15

Saw: tupelo, cypress, maple, river birch, pine, live oak, titi, mayhaw, native blueberries, palmetto; only maple in bloom. Not much wildlife.

River: several small streams entered river through breaks in the bank, winding course, couple of bluffs and some exposed karst

Comments: a good level to run this section, saw 2 other canoes with a family of campers, and a fisherman in a john boat skinning a catfish, 2 rope swings, the side trip up the Alapahoochee River to the waterfall just up from the take out was worth the effort.

Pictures: see separate post by Bret Wagenhorst. And pictures by John S. Quarterman.

Ten of us met at 12 noon Sunday afternoon, February 15th 2015, continuing our exploration of the Alapaha River Water Trail, as announced.

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Statenville to Sasser Landing WWALS Outing pictures by Bret Wagenhorst 2015-02-15

Here’s the outing announcement, here is Bret’s summary of the outing, and below are Bret’s pictures. Continue reading →

Easy Outing on the Alapaha River at GA 135, 2015-03-14

4PM Saturday March 14th at GA 135 in Berrien County near Willacoochee: paddle upstream on the Alapaha River and float back. The river will be higher than pictured here. All are welcome, boats are available! facebook event.

This is immediately following the WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail Conference being held at the Gaskins Forestry Education Center near Alapaha, GA from 1-4 p.m. Come see the high school student logo contest winners for the Water Trail, and then paddle on the Trail!

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WWALS Goals for 2014

A surprising number of the Board’s nine goals for 2014 have been accomplished, and some new ones have already been added. What goals should WWALS have for 2015?

Goals accomplished include becoming an IRS 501(c)(3) and raising money for and purchasing insurance. Some we’ve been doing right along: cleanups, including Rivers Alive. Some are so much the core of what WWALS does that we didn’t even list them as goals, but we’ve been doing them anyway: monthly outings and indoor events.

The later-added goal of the Alapaha River Water Trail is Continue reading →

Pictures Upstream on the Alapaha River from Statenville Boat Ramp 2014-01-18

A nice day for a paddle upstream, in these pictures and videos by Gretchen Quarterman of the 18 January 2014 WWALS Outing at the Statenville Boat Ramp on the Alapaha River. Continue reading →

Statenville to Sasser Landing on the Alapaha River, WWALS Outing, 2015-02-15

Expert Paddle on the Alapaha River Sunday, February,15th 12:00pm. facebook event

Update 2015-03-06: Summary and pictures.

Launch site:	Statenville boat ramp on HWY 94 just west of Statenville, GA, 30°42’15.3″N 83°01’57.9″W 30.704260, -83.032750.
Take out:	Alapahoochee boat ramp (Sasser Landing) HWY 150 a few miles east of Jennings, FL, 30°36’02.6″N 83°04’23.7″W 30.600710, -83.073260.

Picture by Michael Rivera,
used with permission.

We will meet at launch site at noon, unload boats and shuttle vehicles to the take out (25 miles Round trip), on the water by 1:00.