WWALS Watershed Coalition

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

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Alapaha Dye Test 2016-06-22 [Up]

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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Pictures

Signs

[Turn left for Jennings Bluff Cemetery and Plantation]
Turn left for Jennings Bluff Cemetery and Plantation

[Canopy Road]
Canopy Road

[Jennings Bluff Tract]
Jennings Bluff Tract

Before

[Gretchen waiting by the Alapaha River]
Gretchen waiting by the Alapaha River

[Down the Alapaha River]
Down the Alapaha River

SitW

[Swallets in the woods]
Swallets in the woods

[Small sinkhole]
Small sinkhole

[Swirling into the ground]
Swirling into the ground

[A gully along the way]
A gully along the way

CP

[Caterpillar]
Caterpillar

HS

[Head-scratching]
Head-scratching

[Around the bend]
Around the bend

OtS

[On the steps]
On the steps

[By the Dead River]
By the Dead River

[Dead River]
Dead River

[Picking a spot for the dye]
Picking a spot for the dye

DBbtR

[Dye bags by the river]
Dye bags by the river

GaR

[Gretchen across the Dead River]
Gretchen across the Dead River

Preparing

[Preparing to dye]
Preparing to dye

[Observers getting ready]
Observers getting ready

[Observation boat]
Observation boat

DH

[Drone handler]
Drone handler

[Drone]
Drone

[Drone ready to fly]
Drone ready to fly

BaD

[Observation boat]
Observation boat

[Boat and drone]
Boat and drone

CF

[Confab]
Confab

[Dead River just before the dye]
Dead River just before the dye

BwH

[Beavers were here]
Beavers were here

DiC

[Drone in case]
Drone in case

[Dye site to observation boat]
Dye site to observation boat

CD

[VSU Geology Prof. Can Denizman with FDEP & SRWMD people]
VSU Geology Prof. Can Denizman with FDEP & SRWMD people

HiC

[Here it comes]
Here it comes

[Drone in flight]
Drone in flight

Thomas Greenhalgh

[Getting the suit]
Getting the suit

[Mask on]
Mask on

[Dye ready]
Dye ready

BK

[He opened the bag with my knife]
He opened the bag with my knife

SU

[Suiting up]
Suiting up

[Suited up]
Suited up

[Get the dye]
Get the dye

[Dye ready to tip]
Dye ready to tip

DitW

[Dye in the water]
Dye in the water

[Dye heading down the Dead River]
Dye heading down the Dead River

DD

[Drone and dye]
Drone and dye

[Drone dye and photographer]
Drone dye and photographer

DS

[Dye spreading]
Dye spreading

DDR

[Dyed Dead River]
Dyed Dead River

[Plenty of photographers]
Plenty of photographers

[Fractal dye]
Fractal dye

[Dense dye]
Dense dye

DrS

[Drone screen]
Drone screen

[Drone following the dye around the bend]
Drone following the dye around the bend

[Dye going around some snags]
Dye going around some snags

[More drone screen]
More drone screen

[Ropes are useful on this steep bank]
Ropes are useful on this steep bank

[Dying is done]
Dying is done

BB

[jsq, Can, Gretchen, WWALS Banner]
jsq, Can, Gretchen, WWALS Banner

[Dye in Dead River]
Dye in Dead River

SM

[Sketch map]
Sketch map

[Map: Thunderhole by Withlacoochee River near US 90 and Suwannee River]
Map: Thunderhole by Withlacoochee River near US 90 and Suwannee River

OaD

[OK, all done]
OK, all done

[with SRWMD Boundary sign]
with SRWMD Boundary sign

SBS

[SRWMD Boundary, Closed to Hunting]
SRWMD Boundary, Closed to Hunting

JBS

[Jannings Bluff Spring, by the Alapaha River]
Jannings Bluff Spring, by the Alapaha River

[Jennings Bluff Spring]
Jennings Bluff Spring

[Spring and Run]
Spring and Run

[Jennings Bluff Spring Run]
Jennings Bluff Spring Run