This billboard has already been spotted on Bemiss Road in Valdosta.
Please join us at 7:30 AM Saturday 19 April 2014 on the Withlacoochee River between Valdosta and Quitman, to put in at Old Quitman Road on the Brooks County side (just south of US 84) and paddle past where the proposed Sabal Trail methane pipeline would cross the Withlacoochee River, Continue reading
Second annual BIG Little River Paddle Event
held on the sunny rescheduled Saturday morning 29 March 2014 at Reed Bingham State Park.
Continue reading
Second annual BIG Little River Paddle Event
held on the sunny rescheduled Saturday morning 29 March 2014 at Reed Bingham State Park.
Second annual BIG Little River Paddle Event
held on the sunny rescheduled Saturday morning 29 March 2014 at Reed Bingham State Park.
Update 9PM 16 April 2014: Cancelled due to flood-stage water levels in the Withlacoochee River, with more rain expected Friday. To be rescheduled.
7:30 AM Saturday 19 April 2014 on the Withlacoochee River
between Valdosta and Quitman,
put in at Old Quitman Road on the Brooks County side (just south of US 84):
Paddle past where the proposed Sabal Trail methane pipeline
would cross the Withlacoochee River, digging into our fragile
karst limestone, above our drinking-water Floridan Aquifer.
This is a joint event of Continue reading
The BIG Little River Paddle Event will take place this Saturday rain or shine, but may be delayed if there is thunder or lightning.
You can register online or at the event.
You should see these billboards around Valdosta starting today.
Thanks to Fairway for the artwork.
There’s still time to register online or by sending a check, for the Second Annual BIG Little River Paddle Event, at Reed Bingham State Park, this Saturday, 22 March 2014, to benefit Friends of Reed Bingham State Park and WWALS Watershed Coalition.
Continue readingStroud Water Center wrote in their Upstream Newsletter, VOL. 2014, ISSUE 1, February 2014,
Scientists Set Buffer Width Minimum Standard.
A strip of forest along a stream channel, also called a riparian forest buffer, has been proposed and used for decades as a best management practice to protect streams by filtering out contaminants from agriculture and other land uses before they can enter them.Their benefits are many, but one benefit has dominated social and political conversations, and that is their role in preventing contaminants from entering streams.
A few years ago, Stroud Water Research Center proposed that riparian forest buffers also play another important role by Continue reading
WWALS Outings Chair Bret Wagenhorst says:
Don’t forget, there is a great opportunity to enjoy the scenic beauty of one of our south GA blackwater rivers and help raise money for WWALS and Friends of Reed Bingham this coming Saturday, March 22 at The second annual BIG Little River Paddle Event. There is still time to register on line.
