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Video: Chainsaw Cleanups –Phil Hubbard, WWALS Webinar 2024-04-11

Phil Hubbard, longtime WWALS paddle outings leader, on March 11, 2024, told us why he started a series of chainsaw cleanups two years ago.

He and his son paddled down the Withlacoochee River and encountered more than 20 deadfalls they had to portage. That was Father’s Day, June 19, 2016. He didn’t even know Langdale Park existed before then. They got to Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River after dark. He joined WWALS to find a way to deal with the deadfalls.

Video: Chainsaw Outings, –Phil Hubbard, WWALS Webinar, 2024-04-11

We have done 21 [more now; see below] chainsaw cleanups on the Withlacoochee River, including during the Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle this year. Phil thinks with a few more at low water, it will be good. The stretch from Langdale Park down past Sugar Creek, around the Little River Confluence and up to Troupville Boat Ramp will be a nice paddle that anybody can do.

1. Pictures: Troupville Withlacoochee Upstream Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-03-08.

   Phil Hubbard and I got 2.6 miles up the Withlacoochee River from the Little River Confluence, so almost 3 miles including the third of a mile down the Little River from Troupville Boat Ramp.

   We stopped at a cluster of big deadfalls at the top of Riverhill Drive, as sunset approached, so we could get back to Troupville Boat Ramp before dark.

   That’s 2.3 miles more than the previous WWALS chainsaw cleanup on this stretch, four days before.

   And a bit more than a mile to go up to Sugar Creek.

   
   2.6 miles done, One mile to go, Withlacoochee River Upstream, Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-03-08

   The only casualty was one Husqvarna 24-inch chainsaw bar; I did salvage the chain. Fortunately, we had another bar. That’s the chainsaw paid for by the grant from Wild Green Future.

   Which also paid for the 9.9 hp outboard motor. Which worked fine this time, except when we ran it into something going pretty fast and choked it down. Then it did not want to start.

   But Phil tried something new: take off the cowling and put water on the ignition module to cool it. That worked! Back in action.

   …

2. Pictures: Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River upstream from Troupville 2025-03-04

   TJ Johnson from Live Oak, FL, and I sawed a few deadfalls, and Tish Hall from Lake Park, GA, cleared brush and got some trash, on the Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River upstream from Troupville 2025-03-04.

   
   Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2025-03-04, upstream from Troupville, Got a few deadfalls

   We gnawed on the infamous CiHiG (Cut It Here, I Guess) Deadfall yet again.

   A bit downstream from there we got through a deadfall that had been diverting boats sharp around a cypress with knees, where the WWALS jon boat more than once has canted 45 degrees.

   The Valdosta Gauge read 120.27 at noon Tuesday.

   Tish Hall gets the good sport award for helping tow the jon boat up the Little River when the 9.9 hp outboard would not start and the 86lb-thrust trolling motor wasn’t quite strong enough.

3. Pictures: Langdale Park Downstream Withlacoochee Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-02-09.

   Phil Hubbard sawed many deadfalls large to medium from Langdale Park Boat Ramp downstream on the Withlacoochee River Sunday.

   
   Many deadfalls cleared, Langdale Park downstream, Withlacoochee River, Chainsaw Cleanup 2025-02-09

   We stopped a bit above Sugar Creek, because of outboard fuel issues, plus the whole trip ended up eight hours, which is enough for one day.

   Thanks to Phil Hubbard for leading this one.

   While my job was basically boat driver, I did saw a bit, as well.

   Thanks to Wild Green Future for the grant that bought the 9.9hp outboard, the 24-inch Husqvarna chainsaw (which we did not need to use this time), and the twin LiFePO4 batteries which we did use along with the 86lb thrust trolling motor.

4. Pictures: Troupville upstream Withlacoochee chainsaw cleanup 2025-02-08.

   Yesterday from Troupville Boat Ramp around the Little River Confluence and up the Withlacoochee River, we were stopped by the same CiHiG Deadfall that stopped us back on November 23, 2024.

   
   Troupville upstream Withlacoochee River chainsaw cleanup, Saturday, February 8, 2025

   The lower log was partly exposed yesterday, but not enough to get two cuts out of it.

5. Pictures: Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup after Hurricane Helene, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23.

   We got some big deadfalls and marked one to go back, on the Withlacoochee River after Hurricane Helene Chainsaw Cleanup from Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-11-23.

   
   Got some big ones. Plenty more to do. Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup from Troupville 2024-11-23

   We didn’t go very far, but that third of a mile is much better now. We got the big log at CiHiG (Cut it Here, I Guess) Deadfall. but there’s another below it that was just sticking out, level with the water, at 120.6 feet NAVD88 Saturday. We’ll have to go back at lower water to get the lower log.

   There was very little trash. Some we collected floating down the Withlacoochee below the Little River Confluence, but more on that part of the expedition in a different post.

   Thanks to Phil Royce for leading and sawing, and to Gee Edwards for roping and sawing.
    

6. Pictures: Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26

   The water level was not too low on the Little River, but it was too low on the Withlacoochee River for the WWALS jon boat with outboard. So, there was no chainsawing.

   
   Water too low for jon boat outboard, Withlacoochee River, Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-10-26

   Thanks to TJ Johnson for driving an hour from Live Oak to get there with chainsaws to lead this expedition, and for helping haul the jon boat back upstream on muscle and trolling motor batteries after the outboard did not restart after Trashy Shoals.

   Not pictured: thanks to Darlene Eanes Ray for coming from Valdosta with her kayak, and heading on up the Withlacoochee River.

7. Pictures: Red Roberts Little River Upstream Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-09-21.

   That was a very productive chainsaw cleanup, even though we didn’t even get three miles up the Little River from Red Roberts Landing.

   
   Many deadfalls, Little River Chainsaw Cleanup, Red Roberts Landing 2024-09-21 Darlene Ray, Paris & Tommy Stoeffler, Tish Hall, Lon Kemeness, John S. Quarterman

   Here are some video snippets:
   https://youtu.be/kw0agoUEObA

8. Jon boat Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park Boat Ramp 2024-08-25.

   I think that’s eight big deadfalls and some littler stuff that we sawed, downstream on the Withlacoochee River Langdale Park Chainsaw Cleanup. Hurricane Debby and other storms left quite a bit of debris.

   
   Downstream Chainsaw Cleanup, Langdale Park 2024-08-25, 2 jon boats and a canoe, Withlacoochee River

   We had Phil Royce’s jon boat with 3.5 hp outboard, the WWALS jon boat with 9.9 hp outboard, and TJ Johnson in a canoe.

   I think there were four or five chainsaws among us, including the 24-inch Husqvarna 460 that the Wild Green Future Grant paid for, along with the 9.9 hp outboard. Plus TJ’s handsaw.

   Here are some video snippets:
   https://youtu.be/tuGSugOlTLw?si=xQrAla60gZzeNnkR

9. Upstream deadfalls, Langdale Park, Withlacoochee River, Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-08-25.

   I thought we’d just skate up under the US 41 bridge to where Stillhouse Branch comes out of Valdosta Country Club, to see if there was a logjam or trash there.

   But only a little more than halfway up Langdale Park to the bridge, we found a huge oak deadfall.

   Sawing passage through that took a while. And then we could see an even bigger oak and pine deadfall.

   
   Upstream deadfalls, Langdale Park 2024-08-25, Withlacoochee River, Chainsaw Cleanup

   Here are a few videos:
   https://youtu.be/XB66qmC2XrY

   So we turned downstream towards our primary chainsaw cleanup goal of clearing downstream passage.

   We being Phil Royce and TJ Johnson from Live Oak, Florida, and Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman.

   Thanks to Wild Green Future for the generous grant that paid for the Husqvarna 460 24-inch chainsaw and the 9.9hp outboard motor, as well as the tires on the boat trailer.

10. Chainsawing deadfall from Langdale Park Boat Ramp entrance Road 2024-08-25.

    This deadfall had been there since Hurricane Debby, 20 days before.

    It was in our way to Langdale Park Boat Ramp, and we had chainsaws for the Langdale Park Boat Ramp jon boat chainsaw outing, so we removed this deadfall.

    
    Chainsawing deadfall, Langdale Park Boat Ramp 2024-08-25, Withlacoochee River, Valdosta, GA, Chainsaws from Live Oak, FL

    We being Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman and two people from Live Oak, Florida: Phil Royce and TJ Johnson.

    Do we get paid for this, Valdosta-Lowndes County Parks and Recreation Authority?

    Thanks to Wild Green Future for generous grant that paid for the Husqvarna 460 24-inch chainsaw I used to make the main cuts.

    Videos:
    https://youtu.be/5AnuFDuwNKQ?si=EAkbbFZU_HTLjZcF

11. Troupville upstream Withlacoochee River chainsaw cleanup pictures 2024-08-17.

    Evidently nobody had been there since Hurricane Debby, because there were several new deadfalls, most small, one big, and another huge, before we got to I-75. Those and others could use more attention at lower water, but kayaks can get through now. That was our goal on this Upstream Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup.

    We put in at Troupville Boat Ramp, went 1/3 of a mile down to the Little River Confluence, and turned left and up the Withlacoochee River.

    There was remarkably little trash. Some locations with a few bottles or styrofoam in branches are noted in the pictures; all have GPS coordinates.

    
    Several small deadfalls, one big one 2024-08-17, Troupville upstream Withlacoochee River chainsaw cleanup

    Thanks to Quen Metzler for leading this chainsaw cleanup and doing much of the sawing.

    I also sawed with both saws, but there are no pictures, because then Quen was busy holding the boat steady.

    Here are some video snippets:
    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKwQ5xfKf-Qz0i9YNkM5S5-1zx3fbZQrF&si=iHgSY-2Js-zgjh99

    …

    Thanks to Wild Green Future for the generous grant that paid for the 9.9hp outboard motor and the 24-inch Husqvarna chainsaw that we used on this outing.

12. Pictures: Withlacoochee River and Okapilco Creek jon boat outing 2024-07-27.

    We cut a deadfall in the Withlacoochee River just below Wetherington Branch, below Valdosta’s treated outfall from its Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant. We found Okapilco Creek, cut a few deadfalls in there, and collected some trash on the creek and from the river. Including two blue barrels labeled Black Tea Extract that apparently had been used to support somebody’s dock.

    We don’t see how Okapilco Creek is currently navigable up to US 84, according to GA HB 1397, a bill that did not pass the Georgia legislature this year. We had to cut some deadfalls even to get up to the mouth of Piscola Creek. Later we will motor up from Knights Ferry Boat Ramp to clear more deadfalls and trash from Okapilco Creek, and soon it will be navigable.

    Both of those creeks drain Quitman, and Okapilco Creek comes down from Moultrie and above.

    
    Black tea blue drums, Okapilco Creek trashjam, deadfalls, rapids, two jon boats 2024-07-27

13. Pictures: Alapahoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-07-21

    The Alapahoochee River Cleanup was jam-packed, all right, but not exactly how we expected:

    There was almost none of the usual trash, but eight of us found something unexpected in the river.

    
    Alapahoochee River, Chainsaw cleanup 2024-07-21, Snake in hollow log, Dead gator under log

14. Trying the 25hp outboard from Troupville Boat Ramp, Little and Withlacoochee Rivers 2024-04-07.

    Shawn O’Connor and I tried out the 25hp Mercury outboard motor, paid for by a generous grant by Wild Green Future (WGF).

    Works great! Electric start: push the button and it starts. Doesn’t even have a manual choke. Electric trim, i.e., tilt. Very useful for adjusting trim for going fast, as well as raising up in low water.

    We also chainsawed some limbs that were obstructing passage downstream on the Withlacoochee River and upstream on the Little River. Shawn used my EGO 16″ electric chainsaw, but in case of larger limbs we had with us the 24″ Husqvarna chainsaw paid for by WGF. Also just in case, the 86lb thrust trolling motor and lithium batteries paid for by WGF. Thanks, WGF!

    And thanks to Flint Riverkeeper for the jon boat.

    
    Trying 25hp outboard, Troupville Boat Ramp, Little and Withlacoochee Rivers, Chainsaw Outing 2024-04-07

15. Pictures: Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle, Withlacoochee River 2024-03-02

    Many deadfalls (fallen dead trees) previously sawed out of the way by numerous WWALS Chainsaw Cleanups were visible. Outings leader Phil Hubbard sawed through a remaining deadfall during the paddle.

    Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman used the jon boat with 9.9hp outboard paid for by a grant from Wild Green Future (WGF) to saw several deadfalls off the Withlacoochee River.

    The weather held off and 42 paddlers had a good time on the Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle from Langdale Park Boat Ramp down the Withlacoochee River, around the Little River Confluence, and up to Troupville Boat Ramp. Only a few people fell in, and they were good sports. The City Manager needs a bigger boat.

    
    Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle, Withlacoochee River, 2024-03-02

16. Crowe Deadfall chainsaw cleanup 2024-03-01

    Bobby McKenzie was right to be worried about the Crowe Deadfall, a big oak seen for years across the Withlacoochee River between I-75 and GA 133.

    Yesterday evening we cleared that and two other deadfalls.

    By cleared, I mean at the Crowe Deadfall stay way left: there’s a narrow passage for the Fifth Annual Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle. See you at Langdale Park Boat Ramp this morning.

    
    Three deadfalls cleared between Troupville and I-75 2024-03-01

17. Pictures: Chainsaw Cleanup, Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee River 2024-02-28

    This was supposed to be the last one. How wrong we were.

    Yesterday, Phil Hubbard and I cleared the last deadfall before Saturday’s Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle.

    
    Sunset chainsaw, Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee River 2024-02-28

    We think even Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson can paddle up Sugar Creek now.

    Phil made the last cut using the Husqvarna 460 Rancher 24-inch chainsaw paid for by Wild Green Future (WGF). The same WGF grant paid for the trolling motor and batteries we used with the WWALS Bass Fisher boat.

    Here is WWALS video:
    https://youtu.be/IV0T6ZMJLCI?si=4jTFODzAIdWxVx31

18. Pictures: Chainsaw cleanup from Troupville up to Sugar Creek and back 2024-02-25

    First one with the WGF 9.9hp outboard, trolling motor, and batteries.

    This was supposed to be the final sweep before the Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle. But there were more….

    It’s a good thing we sent to see: yesterday we found a huge new deadfall completely across the Withlacoochee River, on the route of the Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle, coming up Saturday, March 2, 2024.

    
    Big new deadfall, chainsaw, trolling motor, outboard 2024-02-25

    Here’s a WWALS video:
    https://youtu.be/3-143xjW1pI?si=puDKyoATFhg6oqkq

19. Boat Motor Tryouts, Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River 2024-02-18

    Successful boat trials at Action Stage on the Little River!

    Five of us went down to Troupville Boat Ramp, just west of Valdosta, Georgia, to test out some new boat motors.

    
    9.9hp outboard and 86lb thrust trolling motor (thanks, Wild Green Future) and jon boat (thanks, Flint Riverkeeper) and Bass Fisher (WWALS)

    Here’s a WWALS video playlist:
    https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKwQ5xfKf-QznYIX_GRvlK7Rc4P_Ms5DG&si=ll_y4evyoJbmxSgu

20. Pictures: Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2024-02-11

    First one with the WGF chainsaw.

    Three of us cleared boating passage between the Sugar Creek WaterGoat on the Withlacoochee River behind the Valdosta YMCA and Wood Valley, around the future Troupville Nature Park and River Camp, past the Little River Confluence, then upstream on the Little River to Troupville Boat Ramp.

    Thanks to Phil Hubbard for leading, and his Stihl chainsaw and electric chainsaw, to Shawn O’Connor for using his polesaw.

    
    Sawing Hurricane and other deadfalls, Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee River, Troupville Boat Ramp 2024-02-11

    I brought the new Husqvarna 460 Rancher 24-inch chainsaw, paid for through a generous grant by Wild Green Future.

    That grant also paid for some other things you will see in the near future.

21. Pictures: Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, Langdale Park to Sugar Creek –Phil Royce 2024-02-03

    This was supposed to be the last chainsaw cleanup on this stretch, but there turned out to be more deadfalls.

    
    Banners, bass fisher, chain saws, Withlacoochee River, Langdale Park to Sugar Creek 2024-02-03

22. Pictures: Langdale Park to Sugar Creek Withlacoochee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2024-01-27

    We got some deadfalls out of the way of canoe and kayak paddling, between Langdale Park Boat Ramp and Sugar Creek on the Withlacoochee River, January 27, 2024.

    Thanks to Phil Hubbard for leading and doing the most sawing, to Shawn O’Connor for sawing, to Russell Allen McBride for collecting trash, and I also sawed, although I did not video myself doing it.

    The weather was sunny and warm. The water level was about 119.3 NAVD 1988 on the US 41 (North Valdosta Road) USGS gauge.

    
    Got some deadfalls, more to do, Langdale Park to Sugar Creek, 2024-01-27

    A few that didn’t happen, or weren’t actually on the river:

    • Cancelled: Langdale Park to Sugar Creek Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, 2023-09-09

      Cancelled on account of the Withlacoochee River is still too high after Hurricane Idalia, and our chainsaws don’t work underwater

    • Cancelled: Re-reschedule Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-09-02

      Cancelled on account of Withlacoochee River in flood after Hurricane Idalia, and our chainsaws don’t work underwater

    • Chainsaw cleanup, Outings, Boat Ramps, Okefenokee Swamp –Suwannee Riverkeeper @ Clinch County Commission 2023-08-07

      In addition to its usual business of roads and taxes, the Clinch County Commission discussed with Suwannee Riverkeeper outings, boat ramps, and a proposed resolution against the strip mine too near the Okefenokee Swamp.

      
      Collage @ Clinch County Commission 2023-08-07

    • Pictures: Sugar Creek Withlacoochee River on-land cleanup 2023-07-22 Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, 2023-06-24

      Thanks to Russell Allen McBride for leading the rerouted on-land Sugar Creek and mostly Withlacoochee River cleanup. Children and experienced adults teamed up to get the job done. We found only one big trash jam and we cleaned that one up.

      Phil Hubbard came with boat and chainsaws ready to do a chainsaw cleanup, but due to the reroute there was no chainsawing.

      We thanked Valdosta Assistant Utilities Director Jason Barnes for alerting us to the sewage spill contamination in Sugar Creek that caused us to reroute from a cleanup paddle to an on-land cleanup. He arrived before we left, so we thanked him again in person.

      
      Before, WaterGoat, Trashjam, Level log, after, Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee River 2023-07-22

23. Pictures: Suwannee River Chainsaw Cleanup, Three Steps Landing to Fargo, GA 2023-06-10

    The second Suwannee River Chainsaw Cleanup went well. Got a little hot in the middle, and rained towards the end.

    
    Chainsawing deadfalls, Suwannee River 2023-06-10

    But the rain came only after we cleared four deadfalls above Fargo Ramp and Reeves Landing:

    • Low Log, where we retrieved a prize,
    • Duck and Float Under, where there was much trapezing on the trunk,
    • Drag Under Left, where water gushed from the trunk, and
    • Portage Logjam, where Shirley found green Ogeechee limes.

     

24. Pictures: Cleanup below Knights Ferry, Withlacoochee River 2023-04-08.

    Josh Tison reported the Withlacoochee River blocked by a trash jam. He and Marla Tison and Bobby Higgs came out to help clear it, with chainsaws, on Yet Another Cleanup Knights Ferry to Nankin, Withlacoochee River, 2023-04-08.

    An alligator jumped off the target trash jam just after I nosed my boat into it. Russell Allen McBride and Josh Tison walked on it. It was covered with trash, as were many other spots along the river.

    The combination of trash brands again indicates it came from Valdosta: Cookout, Bojangles, and Jackson Hewitt, for example.

    All this floating Valdosta trash is in Brooks County, because the county line between Brooks and Lowndes County is the east bank of the Withlacoochee River. And three Brooks County people came with their motor boat and chainsaws to clean up some of it.

    
    Collage, Cleanup, KF to Nankin, 2023-04-08

25. Pictures: Griffis to Fargo, Suwannee River 2022-12-29

    Moral: never do a chainsaw cleanup with only one working chainsaw.

    This chainsaw cleanup finished well before dark, Suwannee River, Griffis to Fargo 2022-12-29. Thanks, TJ Johnson for leading it, and Shirley Kokidko for getting the wettest.

    
    Griffis, Deadfall, Gauge, Fargo 2022-12-29

    The Fargo gauge was about 2.47 feet (93.07′ NAVD88) and the Above Fargo gauge was about 4.93′ (95.93′ NAVD88).

    We found one deadfall already cut and we cut another one.

    We found three more: one to duck and float under, one to drag under to the left, and one requiring portage. We shall return.

26. Pictures: Chainsaw Cleanup Withlacoochee River 2022-10-16

    There must be a better way to order pizza.

    
    Start, chainsaws, pizza, sandbars

    The good news: we did get pizza delivered on the river during the Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2022-10-16. We cleared many logjams. Some of them we had sawed at higher water levels several times before. It seemed like we were a relix rock band doing a greatest hit tour. And at twelve hours we beat our record of taking longer than expected.

    Our advice if you want to try paddling this stretch with the water this low (3.6′ or 113.8′ NAVD88) on the US 41 (North Valdosta Road) USGS Gauge?

    Don’t.

    Not unless you want to drag your boat much of the way. Also, stock up on magnesium and vitamin C for the muscle cramps.

27. Pictures: Chainsaw Cleanup, Sugar Creek to Troupville, Withlacoochee River 2022-07-30

    Everything went exactly as planned for Chainsaw Cleanup Returns, Withlacoochee River, Valdosta, if the plans included two trucks getting stuck, several chainsaws getting stuck, and the whole thing taking more like ten hours than three, with no lunch.

    
    Banners, Chainsaws, Trash, River

    But we cleared a bunch of deadfalls, collected many bags of trash, and recorded where the remaining deadfalls and trash are for later expeditions. That makes this stretch much more paddlable between Sugar Creek and Troupville on the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.

    The water level on the Valdosta US 41 gauge was 6.05′ (116.35′ NAVD88).

    Thanks to the three new chainsawers, Shawn O’Connor and Grant and Art Herring, and regulars Bobby McKenzie and Russell Allen McBride. And thanks to the Good Samaritan who gave me a ride to my truck so I could use my logging chain to pull Bobby’s truck out at the take-out. Plus thanks to the two different vehicles that were used to pull my truck out at the put-in.

28. Pictures: Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, Troupville 2022-06-25

    Five of us with five or six chainsaws cleared more than three log jams out of the Withlacoochee River above the Little River Confluence, and collected some trash, in the Chainsaw cleanup, Troupville Boat Ramp to Withlacoochee River 2022-06-25.

    
    banners, boats, sandbars, and saws

    We’ll be back at it after about six weeks, i.e., probably in August. The current goal is to clear the stretches from Langdale Park Boat Ramp past Sugar Creek, and on around to Troupville Boat Ramp. Fortunately there are no log jams on the Little River from the ramp to the Confluence, but there are plenty left on the Withlacoochee River.

29. Pictures: Chainsaw Cleanup Withlacoochee 2022-06-05

    A few hours work by Phil Hubbard and Bobby McKenzie cleared a bunch of small and one huge logjam on the Withlacoochee River, downstream from the Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge, in Lowndes County, Georgia, in another chainsaw cleanup.

    We will be doing more of these chainsaw cleanups. Stay tuned here, or watch for them on https://wwals.net/outings/ You do not have to chainsaw; you can come clean up.

    
    Before, during, after

    That’s downstream from Sugar Creek, which drains most of Valdosta, including its trash, some of which you can see in this logjam.

30. Chainsaw cleanup pictures, Withlacoochee River 2022-05-29

    
    Logjam, Sawing, Cleanup, Banners

31. Mayor, Council, volunteers, helped WWALS clean up Sugar Creek and Withlacoochee River 2022-05-07,

    When Russell says don’t bring a boat to a cleanup, bring a boat for use as a garbage scow. Fortunately, Valdosta Mayor Scott James brought a boat. He and Council Andy Gibbs helped clean up at Sugar Creek and the Withlacoochee River, in that Council district. We filled that kayak with trash, floated it down the river, loaded it on the Mayor’s truck, and he drove it straight to No Water No Beer at Georgia Beer Co. (his idea).

    The Mayor and Phil Hubbard sawed off some deadfalls, clearing passage in the creek. Thanks to them and all the other volunteers for this cleanup. Special thanks to Russell for organizing it.

    
    Sugar Creek, Withlacoochee River, trash, Valdosta Mayor and Council

32. Pictures: Langdale Park Withlacoochee River logjam, Sugar Creek, Salty Snapper 2021-05-15

    In which the Mayor of Valdosta sawed off a deadfall with a sawzall.

    
    Boats, Withlacoochee River, Deadfalls, Sugar Creek, Salty Snapper

33. Apparently there was an impromptu chainsaw cleanup below Sugar Creek behind the YMCA 2018-10-26.

    No pictures.

34. A handsaw at least, below the YMCA below Sugar Creek. 2018-10-20.

    No pictures.

35. First use of WWALS Bass Fisher pontoon boat and trolling motor, apparently with chainsaws, apparently downstream from Langdale Park. 2018-10-19.

    No pictures.

36. Langdale Park downstream chainsaw outing 2018-05-21

    No pictures.

37. New fallers and a sign on the bridge: pictures of Kayaktivism 2015-10-03.

    Special thanks to Ashlie’s father and brother for clearing deadfalls before the event.