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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Walkaround at proposed Troupville River Park 2020-08-27 [Up]

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Troupville Boat Ramp

[GA 133 bridge barely visible]
GA 133 bridge barely visible

[Upstream with trash]
Upstream with trash

[Downstream]
Downstream

Spiderweb

[Banana spider]
Banana spider

[Closeup banana spider]
Closeup banana spider

Little River Confluence

[Withlacoochee River, left and downstream, Little River on right]
Withlacoochee River, left and downstream, Little River on right

[Upstream Little River, Tom Baird (Archaeologist), Mark Gaither (Valdosta Disc Golf)]
Upstream Little River, Tom Baird (Archaeologist), Mark Gaither (Valdosta Disc Golf)

[Gretchen Quarterman (WWALS E.D.), Chad McLeod (Lowndes County), Tom H. Johnson Jr. (WWALS President), Jason Scarpate (ASA Engineering), Mac McCall (Architect)]
Gretchen Quarterman (WWALS E.D.), Chad McLeod (Lowndes County), Tom H. Johnson Jr. (WWALS President), Jason Scarpate (ASA Engineering), Mac McCall (Architect)

[Golden at the Confluence]
Golden at the Confluence

Upstream Withlacoochee River

[Gretchen at the Withlacoochee River]
Gretchen at the Withlacoochee River

Paddle takeout

[Looking downstream at possible paddle takeout]
Looking downstream at possible paddle takeout

[Stairs or ramp?]
Stairs or ramp?

Deadfall

[Could be fun paddling through that]
Could be fun paddling through that

Invasive exotic

[Japanese Climbing Fern]
Japanese Climbing Fern

[Tallow Tree]
Tallow Tree

Inland path

[Easy walking]
Easy walking

[Big oaks]
Big oaks

Clearing

[Palmettos at clearing]
Palmettos at clearing

[Could hold a convention in this grove]
Could hold a convention in this grove

Peninsula

[Goes down and around to the right]
Goes down and around to the right

[Fast Withlacoochee River]
Fast Withlacoochee River

[Heading back to find Broad Street]
Heading back to find Broad Street

Likely bathroom site

[Slightly inland and much drier]
Slightly inland and much drier

[Maybe a sleeping platform here]
Maybe a sleeping platform here

Broad Street

[Tom H. Johnson Jr. found it again]
Tom H. Johnson Jr. found it again

Native plants

[Chanterelle mushrooms]
Chanterelle mushrooms

[Beautyberry]
Beautyberry

Upwards

[Heading north (by northeast)]
Heading north (by northeast)

[Road getting wider]
Road getting wider

Tung oil trees

[Gretchen pulling up these invasive plants]
Gretchen pulling up these invasive plants

[More of them]
More of them

[Tom Baird and Chad McLeod observing]
Tom Baird and Chad McLeod observing

Crossroads

[Beautyberry and English ivy]
Beautyberry and English ivy

[Jason Scarpate observing the Beautyberry]
Jason Scarpate observing the Beautyberry

Northwards

[Clearly a road]
Clearly a road

[Could use some clippers]
Could use some clippers

Arachnid

[Spider]
Spider

What is this?

[Probably natural mound]
Probably natural mound

[Pond: natural or borrow pit?]
Pond: natural or borrow pit?

Now this is a road

[Wide Broad Street]
Wide Broad Street

Power line right of way

[Chad McLeod, Mark Gaither, George Page, Jason Scarpate, Gretchen Quarterman]
Chad McLeod, Mark Gaither, George Page, Jason Scarpate, Gretchen Quarterman

Old Valdosta sewer line was here

[Abandoned Valdosta sewer line easement]
Abandoned Valdosta sewer line easement

Withlacoochee River @ GA 133

[GA 133 bridge over Withlacoochee River]
GA 133 bridge over Withlacoochee River

Lowndes County sewer line

[Lowndes County force main pipe on power line right of way]
Lowndes County force main pipe on power line right of way

East-west road

[West towards the Little River]
West towards the Little River

[Eastwards]
Eastwards

[Looks like a road]
Looks like a road

[Those rocks don't look natural]
Those rocks don't look natural

Sure looks like a road

[Looks more like a road]
Looks more like a road

[Don't know how old]
Don't know how old

[Clearly has been used as a road]
Clearly has been used as a road

[Continuing]
Continuing

[Trimming could be useful]
Trimming could be useful

[Road for sure]
Road for sure

[Somebody sawed off that fallen tree]
Somebody sawed off that fallen tree

Crossroads looking east

[There's the central pond again]
There's the central pond again

[Looks familiar]
Looks familiar

[North up Broad Street]
North up Broad Street

[Looking back west at the ivy tree]
Looking back west at the ivy tree

South down Broad Street

[20200827 134135]
20200827 134135

[20200827 134239]
20200827 134239

[20200827 134302]
20200827 134302

[20200827 134314]
20200827 134314

[20200827 134338]
20200827 134338

[Blue debris]
Blue debris

[Where does the south end go?]
Where does the south end go?

[20200827 134425]
20200827 134425

[Tripod]
Tripod

Try going east

[20200827 135042]
20200827 135042

[20200827 135045]
20200827 135045

[20200827 135048]
20200827 135048

[20200827 135106]
20200827 135106

[20200827 135143]
20200827 135143

[20200827 135217]
20200827 135217

[Somebody has been using this as a path]
Somebody has been using this as a path

[Easy walking]
Easy walking

[20200827 135345]
20200827 135345

[Some kind of path]
Some kind of path

[20200827 135526]
20200827 135526

Gopher hole

[Gopher tortoise hole]
Gopher tortoise hole

[Path or just runoff?]
Path or just runoff?

[20200827 135719]
20200827 135719

[Cypress knees]
Cypress knees

Withlacoochee River down this way

[This has to run down to the river]
This has to run down to the river

[Down this way]
Down this way

[River visible]
River visible

Withlacoochee River far upstream

[Bluff across]
Bluff across

[Downstream view]
Downstream view

[Upstream view]
Upstream view

[Fast flowing]
Fast flowing

[Downstream fast]
Downstream fast

Another gopher hole

[Looks like gopher tortoise hole to me]
Looks like gopher tortoise hole to me

Nice hunting spot

[Seems like natives would have camped here]
Seems like natives would have camped here

[Somebody else thought of that]
Somebody else thought of that

[Downstream with overhanging limbs]
Downstream with overhanging limbs

[Cutting through a neck to the left]
Cutting through a neck to the left

Inland slough

[Just inland]
Just inland

Picturesque

[Cypress knees and overhanging trees]
Cypress knees and overhanging trees

[Framed]
Framed

[Sand and water upstream]
Sand and water upstream

[Sand and water downstream]
Sand and water downstream

[Trash]
Trash

[Cicada]
Cicada

[Trash framed]
Trash framed

Possible road

[Looking west]
Looking west

[Goes through to old Valdosta sewer line easement]
Goes through to old Valdosta sewer line easement

[Across the Withlacoochee River]
Across the Withlacoochee River

[Wrested vegetation]
Wrested vegetation

Plants

[Fallen flowers]
Fallen flowers

[Mushrooms on log]
Mushrooms on log

More likely road

[East across the river]
East across the river

[Aerials show a woods road on the other side]
Aerials show a woods road on the other side

[Another view across]
Another view across

[Looking west inland]
Looking west inland

[Farther inland]
Farther inland

[More inland]
More inland

[Likely road east to easement]
Likely road east to easement

Old Valdosta sewer line easement

[Sewer easement]
Sewer easement

[Old vent pipe?]
Old vent pipe?

Yet another road possibility

[Looking west from old sewer vent pipe]
Looking west from old sewer vent pipe

[But just flood plain to the east]
But just flood plain to the east

North on old Valdosta sewer line easement

[Below the vent pipe]
Below the vent pipe

[Pot and pipe]
Pot and pipe

[Looking south from the north end]
Looking south from the north end

Power line right of way again

[GA 133 bridge over Withlacoochee River]
GA 133 bridge over Withlacoochee River

Park entrance at GA 133

[VLPRA cleaning up]
VLPRA cleaning up