Remember, FERC at Holiday Inn Valdosta 5:30 PM tonight.
Albany reporter objects to citizens asking a public official to represent them against the invading Sabal Trail pipeline
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
WWALS on Chris Beckham radio show 105.9 FM Wednesday 2015-09-30
The FERC circus in Valdosta Wednesday, Kayaktivism on the Withlacoochee River Saturday, reprinting Alapaha River Water Trail brochures,
the new Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail, and
WWALS v. Sabal Trail & FL-DEP in Jasper (or Live Oak) 19-22 October 2015:
these are some of the topics WWALS president John S. Quarterman will talk about on the air.
When: 8AM Wednesday October 30th 2015
Where: Continue reading
Three FERC Sabal Trail meetings in WWALS territory: Moultrie, Valdosta, Lake City, Sept. 29,30, Oct 1 2015
After
Albany on Monday,
the Moultrie, Valdosta, and Lake City FERC Sabal Trail hearings
are all in WWALS territory, and Sabal Trail’s fracked methane pipeline would cross
WWALS’ Okapilco Creek near Moultrie, Withlacoochee River near Valdosta, and Suwannee River near Jasper.
The Georgia DNR board Wednesday
gave away easements under those streams to Sabal Trail,
but they’re not permanent until at least two more state approval steps,
and they mean nothing if the pipeline is cancelled.
The FERC meetings are all 5:30 PM speaker signup, 6 PM FERC presentation, then 3 minutes each per audience speaker, ending 8 PM.
- Monday, September 28, 2015, at Albany Civic Center, Meeting Room, West Oglethorpe, Albany, GA 31701
- * Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at Colquitt County High School, Withers Auditorium, 1800 Park Avenue SE, Moultrie, GA 31776
- * Wednesday, September 30, at Holiday Inn Valdosta, Conference Center Magnolia Ballroom, 1805 West Hill Ave., Valdosta, GA 31601.
- * Thursday, October 1, at Columbia High School Auditorium, 469 SE Fighting Tiger Drive, Lake City, FL 32025
* Marks meetings in WWALS territory.
Why is the first Florida meeting in Lake City, when Sabal Trail does not propose to go through Columbia County? Continue reading
Withlacoochee River upstream, Langdale Park to US 41, kayaktivism against Sabal Trail pipeline 2015-10-03
Come paddle the idyllic Withlacoochee River in its most urbanized area, Valdosta,
help clean up trash, and do kayaktivism against the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline, which would cross only a few miles downstream.
This is a WWALS Field Trip from Langdale Park upstream to the North Valdosta Road Bridge, Saturday morning October 3rd 2015, in support of
the VSU Anthropology Club, the VSU Sociology Club, and
Students Against Violating the Environment (S.A.V.E.),
who invite you to Kayaktivism Day 2015!
If I’m not mistaken, Continue reading
Florida Well Salinity Study
Update 2017-05-18: Salt water intrusion inland is worse than you think, including the “Apalachicola salinity feature” up to the GA-FL line and east through Lowndes County, with a special additional brackish Valdosta feature. See Revised Hydrogeologic Framework of the Floridan Aquifer System 2016-03.
Update 2016-02-22: Fixed URLs for DEP files.
Salt water and other solids are coming up in Florida wells far inland from the sea,
right up to the state line, and it probably doesn’t stop there.
The problem is worse on the coasts and in south Florida, but
north central Florida is not immune, judging by these
preliminary maps by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Likely culprits would seem to include overpumping. Continue reading
New WWALS banner
Here’s Bret Wagenhorst holding the new WWALS banner,
with
upper Suwannee on it, at
Adopt-A-Stream cleanup at GA-135 today.
Bret unwraps the new banner
Continue readingPicture: Alapaha Cleanup @ GA 135 2015-09-26
A cleanup and a new WWALS banner! Thanks to Bret Wagenhorst for both, at the Alapaha River at GA 135 on the Atkinson County side today.
-jsq
Sabal Trail exposed in Jasper News
The closest FERC meeting is actually in Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 30 September 2015. And remember, sinkholes don’t matter, says FERC.
Amber Vann, Jasper News, 24 September 2015,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Sabal’s proposed pipeline impact ‘less than significant’ on environment,
According to the EIS, “constructing and operating the Sabal Trail Project in South Georgia/North Florida could induce sinkhole development, alter spring characteristics and impact local groundwater flow and quality.” However, the study finds that Sabal Trail’s proposed impact minimization measures and construction methods would cause the project to not “significantly impact karst terrain, springs or the Floridian aquifer.”
The EIS goes on to state the Floridian aquifer is the “most productive aquifer Continue reading
Boat ramp at Langdale Park.
Who’s in charge of clearing deadfalls in the Withlacoochee River?
