Cypress, herons, alligators, pitcher plants, and more in a mini-Okefenokee between Valdosta and Lakeland:
Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area!
No boats required; this is a hiking expedition.
When: 10AM Saturday December 12, 2015
What: Aprox. 1.5 hr hike then lunch (not provided)
Responsible party: Continue reading
The newsletter now has a name: Tannin Times.
WWALS members have already received the October Tannin Times.
Meanwhile, here’s last month’s newsletter, in PDF
and below in web format. -jsq
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Sabal Trail plans to drill under the Withlacoochee River in Georgia and the Suwannee and Santa Fe Rivers in Florida. On July 16th the Florida Department of Environmental Protection published their intent to issue an Environmental Resource Permit to Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC to construct and operate a 36-inch diameter natural gas pipeline in Florida. WWALS responded by Continue reading
The Valdosta newspaper wrote about two, and two more WWALS members also spoke to FERC in Valdosta last Wednesday.
Joe Adgie, Valdosta Daily Times, 2 October 2015, REgulators hear from Valdosta about Sabal Trail,
Deborah Johnson of Suwannee County, Fla., spoke of the safety record of Spectra Energy, the parent company of Sabal Trail.
“Spectra Energy has what is considered one of the worst Continue reading
Is Florida blind to pipelines?
Dan Christensen, Miami Herald, 2 October 2015,
Firm says Gov. Scott’s stake in pipeline project is ‘irrelevant’,:
Environmental groups seek to block $3 billion project
Coalition seeks all correspondences from Scott, his office
Staff says governor’s blind trust shields him from conflict
Lawyers for a company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline in North Florida have told a judge that Continue reading
Apparently cow pastures and the Suwannee and Santa Fe Rivers are no concern of Florida Audubon, nor even the other Withlacoochee (south) River that runs out of the Green Swamp, not to mention WWALS’ Withlacoochee (north) River in Georgia.
Susan Salisbury, Palm Beach Post, 5 October 2015,
Audubon Florida supports Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline,
Following changes to the proposed route of a massive pipeline, Audubon Florida now strongly supports Sabal Trail, a $3.5 billion natural gas pipeline project slated to extend from Alabama to Florida.
Charles Lee, Audubon Florida’s director of advocacy, said that the group has worked with Sabal Trail on route modification and environmental mitigation measures for portions of its 515-mile pipeline in Florida.
Well, that explains why Charles Lee said Florida Audubon would not help with WWALS v. Sabal Trail & FL-DEP.
Lee said Audubon Florida negotiated with Sabal Trail for 18 months, resulting in Continue reading
Convenient to Lake City, Live Oak, and Jasper, not to mention Fargo, Statenville, Lakeland, and Valdosta, it’s a half-day paddle down the iconic Suwannee River in the cool of November.
When: 9AM Sunday November 22nd 2015 Continue reading
“Water is our most precious commodity, not pipelines, not Sabal Trail,”, said
WWALS member
Alton Burns, and both
he and WWALS president
John S. Quarterman spoke twice, about safety, water, conflicts of interest, the Floridan Aquifer, lack of transparency, Okapilco Creek, the Withlacoochee River, and the Suwannee River, all of which Sabal Trail is trying to drill under.
Local landowners were the most blunt: the FERC process is
a farce
and
a hoax,
they said.
See for yourself in these
LAKE videos from Moultrie last night.
But it’s still important for you to come speak up, to be on the record, so the news media will hear, and so your neighbors will hear. The FERC meetings continue tonight in Valdosta and Continue reading
Remember, FERC at Holiday Inn Valdosta 5:30 PM tonight.
Thanks, Carlton Fletcher, for reminding the public the fight against Sabal Trail isn’t over! Come tell FERC what you think in Moultrie tonight, Valdosta Wednesday, or Lake City Thursday.
Asking our most local representatives to table or deny a motion threatening
our Withlacoochee River and Okapilco Creek isn’t “magic”:
it’s democracy.
Maybe GA-DNR should publish contact information for its board members
to make that easier.
Meanwhile, David won against Goliath and we can too.
Carlton Fletcher, Albany Herald, 26 September 2015, CARLTON FLETCHER: Anti-pipeline letter steps over line: Continue reading
