Filed Friday as FERC accession number 20160708-5096,
http://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/file_list.asp?document_id=14476452,
“Two new reasons for a USACE Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement and a halt to Sabal Trail permits; see also accession numbers 20160708-5089 and 20160708-5088, by WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. under CP15-17.” (PDF) Continue reading
Webinar: TPP & Pipelines vs clean solar and wind power 2016-07-17
Join us to discuss how fracking feeds the frenzy of pipeline building, to LNG export, promoted by the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and other impending “free trade” treaties. All those 20th-century dying dinosaurs are already being overtaken by solar and wind power.
When: 7:30-PM EDT Sunday July 17th 2016
Where: Online
Who: Continue reading
Southern Company awards longleaf conservation grant to Okefenokee-Osceola Local Implementation Team 2016-07-06
Part of this longleaf pine forest grant from a major utility is partly in WWALS watersheds, in the Okefenokee Swamp and Osceola National Forest, in the upper Suwannee River basin.
Southern Company PR, July 6th 2016, Southern Company and partners award 10 longleaf conservation grants,
Continuing its longstanding tradition of supporting natural resource conservation, Southern Company, in partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), today announced $4.3 million in grants to support, restore and enhance the longleaf ecosystem. The grants include funding for 10 projects in the Southeast states where Southern Company operates electric utilities.
Longleaf Pine Forest | Credit: Christine AmbroseThe 2016 grants will support 21 projects that are a part of Continue reading
Lowndes County to match Valdosta funding for LiDAR flood mapping? 2016-07-11
Valdosta already had an airplane fly over Lowndes County and collect
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data for flood mapping.
Will Lowndes County step up and match Valdosta on this project
that affects everybody in the county (and downstream into Florida)?
Valdosta
started this LiDAR project in March 2015, and
Valdosta fronted the entire cost to get it done,
we know because Valdosta Assistant Director of Utilities Emily Davenport
and Valdosta City Council Tim Carroll told us at a meeting Valdosta held
at the request of WWALS for interested parties downstream in Florida
and from as far away as Atlanta.
On the agenda for the 8:30 AM Monday morning Lowndes County Commission Work Session, item 7.d. Continue reading
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WWALS paddle outing, Nankin to Madison Highway, Withlacoochee River, July 9th 2016.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony 2016-07-12
Here’s the invitation card for the Valdosta WWTP ribbon cutting Tuesday morning. Congratulations, Valdosta!
VALDOSTA
A City Without LimitsThe City of Valdosta, Georgia
Requests the Honor of your Presence
at the
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
for the
Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant Continue reading
Unlisted Sabal Trail pipe yard n. of Lake City? WWALS to USACE 2016-07-05
Who other than Sabal Trail needs a yard full of 36-inch pipe?
A pipe yard apparently built on top of jurisdictional wetlands,
so WWALS has informed the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD)
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
Here is PDF and below is text and images of the letter WWALS sent to the Corps today.
July 5, 2016
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May 2016 Tannin Times: WWALS member newsletter
WWALS members have already received the June Tannin Times. A month or so later, we publish the WWALS newsletters online, such as this one from May 2016.
Follow
this link for PDF and below are images of the May 2016 Tannin Times.
Click on any small image to get a bigger image.
It’s all about the BIG Little River Paddle Race,
WWALS Ambassador Dave Hetzel went to A Day in the Woods,
and we boated in outings at Ray’s Mill Pond
and on the Alapaha River with Great Egrets and canopied by trees in full spring leaf.
In advocacy, WWALS applauded Suwannee County, FL Continue reading
Sabal Trail library funding on Suwannee County Agenda 2016-07-05
Sabal Trail offers $60,000 to a library in Suwannee County, the only county through which every path ever proposed by Sabal Trail would pass.
The same Florida county where
another hydrogeology report says Sabal Trail’s 36-inch fracked methane pipeline drilling would risk springs, caverns,
the Suwannee River, and everyone’s drinking water in the Floridan Aquifer.
If you think $60,000 or $60 million or $3 billion is not enough for that hazard to our water and property rights, you can come and say so.
When: 6PM Tuesday July 5th 2016
where: Judicial Annex
218 Parshley St. SW
Live Oak, FL 32064
Event: facebook
What: On the agenda for the Suwannee Board of County Commissioners: Continue reading
Rivers-Alive Cleanup at Berrien Beach Launch, Alapaha River 2016-09-10
No boat needed! This Rivers-Alive Cleanup is on land,
at GA 168, the launch for Berrien Beach on the Alapaha River.
Bring gloves. Trash bags will be supplied.
When: 4PM Saturday September 10th 2016
Where: Berrien Beach Launch, at GA 168, 31.159076, -83.045554
Directions: 12.9 miles east of Nashville, GA on GA 168; launch access road is on left (north) side of highway west of the river.
Duration: about 1.5 hours.
Responsible party: Bret Wagenhorst
This outing is Free! But we encourage you to join WWALS today Continue reading