Suwannee County, Florida.
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Suwannee River sunrise
US 129 bridge:
Sinkhole, Sabal Trail HDD, Lowndes County, GA 2016-12-02
Sabal Trail caused a sinkhole at the HDD site in Lowndes County, in addition to
the frac-out under the Withlacoochee River previously discovered by WWALS,
plus a bunch of other sinkholes or “depressions” they just reported today.
They say they discovered the HDD site sinkhole the day after they told FERC
there was no sinkhole at what appears to be exactly the location they now,
four weeks later, say is a sinkhole.
FERC Accession Number: 20161202-5137, “Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC submits it 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
Brooks County Commission Resolution to Support WLRWT 2016-11-07
Unanimously, they passed
a resolution to support the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail: the Brooks County Commission at their regular meeting of Monday November 7th 2016 (PDF).
Thanks to the Commissioners, especially Chairman Myra Exum and Vice-Chairman Joe Wingate, for their warm welcome to WWALS.
Thanks to Commissioners and staff, especially County Administrator Justin DeVane,
for some very useful suggestions, such as numbering river landings as well as naming them,
in the same way that county roads have both names and numbers to make it easier
for emergency services.
The picture is of county agent Stephanie Hollifield reminding the Commissioners that Brooks County farmer Randy Dowdy set a world record for soybean yield of Continue reading
Bell, Gilchrist County, FL, Sabal Trail, Santa Fe River 2016-11-23
Bell EMS looks a stone’s throw from the Sabal Trail pipeline corner, in these WWALS aerials from the Santa Fe River to Bell, Florida, in Gilchrist County.
Bell Emergency Management Services (lower right), Sabal Trail bend to the east (top left)
Photo: John S. Quarterman for WWALS, Southwings flight, 23 November 2016
Sabal Trail had a bunch of buses and trucks next between 91st Lane and 94th Street in Gilchrist County. Continue reading
Videos, Valdosta Wastewater and Flood Prevention 2016-10-27
The crowd was very attentive to every word about
wastewater and flood prevention,
with officials from the City of Valdosta presenting in
the first of a new quarterly WWALS speaker series.
If you didn’t come, you can see and hear in these videos
Henry Hicks
about wastewater,
Emily Davenport
about flood prevention,
Tim Carroll
about solar power,
and Sementha Mathews
about how to get more information from Valdosta.
WWALS Treasurer and acting Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman
opened
and
closed the meeting.
Each talk had many small but important stories, so we will probably blog more posts about those. Meanwhile, here are the videos: see for yourself! Continue reading
Sabal Trail HDD Santa Fe River 2016-11-23
Sabal Trail’s pipe is still laid out north of the Suwannee County horizontal directional drilling (HDD) site on the Santa Fe River, but it won’t be for long unless something stops it.
Pictures by Beth Gammie and John S. Quarterman on Southwings flight for WWALS, 23 November 2016.
N. up Sabal Trail across Santa Fe River into Suwannee County, 29.8988570, -82.8495600, by John S. Quarterman for WWALS on Southwings flight 2016-11-23
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
Sacred Water Camp 2016-11-20
Tents full of thirty people in the morning sun, and happy campers starting to have breakfast, was what Gretchen and I saw when we stopped to visit Sacred Water Camp Sunway morning. They’re watching Sabal Trail, as it drills under the Suwannee River.
Gregory Payne and many campers
You don’t have to camp out to protect all our waters, land, and air. Georgians can sign a petition to Georgia state legislators. Anyone can demand their members of Congress rein in FERC, the rogue, captive agency that permitted Sabal Trail and gave it eminent domain to take local lands. If you see a possible environmental or legal violation, report it your self or contact WWALS. Lots more here.
Sacred Water Camp is not a project of WWALS. However, it is in WWALS’ watersheds and WWALS watches Continue reading