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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[Start, chainsaws, pizza, sandbars]
Start, chainsaws, pizza, sandbars

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[No sawdust yet]
No sawdust yet

NSRR Deadfall

[Only a few hundred feet downstream, 11:11:53, 30.8628581, -83.3222147]
Only a few hundred feet downstream, 11:11:53, 30.8628581, -83.3222147

[Movie: Sawing and tossing, 11:11:53, 30.8628581, -83.3222147 (29M)]
Movie: Sawing and tossing, 11:11:53, (29M) 30.8628581, -83.3222147

[Enough at this spot, 11:16:01, 30.8629598, -83.3221543]
Enough at this spot, 11:16:01, 30.8629598, -83.3221543

[Anybody need firewood? 11:18:34, 30.8629598, -83.3221543]
Anybody need firewood? 11:18:34, 30.8629598, -83.3221543

But wait, there's more

[50 feet downstream, 11:18:35, 30.8629598, -83.3221543]
50 feet downstream, 11:18:35, 30.8629598, -83.3221543

YMCA Deadfall

[Movie: Need gas? 11:18:35, 30.8630967, -83.3234037]
Movie: Need gas? 11:18:35, 30.8630967, -83.3234037

[Nope, got gas, 12:17:36, 30.8630967, -83.3234037]
Nope, got gas, 12:17:36, 30.8630967, -83.3234037

[Boats and logs, 12:17:40, 30.8630967, -83.3234037]
Boats and logs, 12:17:40, 30.8630967, -83.3234037

More YMCA Deadfall

[Many small logs, 12:24:16, 30.8628594, -83.3232733]
Many small logs, 12:24:16, 30.8628594, -83.3232733

[Movie: Tossing and sawing, 12:24:16, 30.8628594, -83.3232733 (12M)]
Movie: Tossing and sawing, 12:24:16, (12M) 30.8628594, -83.3232733

Did a lot of this

[Dragging boats, 12:50:10, 30.8627133, -83.3230217]
Dragging boats, 12:50:10, 30.8627133, -83.3230217

[Closeup boat dragging, 12:50:13, 30.8627133, -83.3230217]
Closeup boat dragging, 12:50:13, 30.8627133, -83.3230217

Next deadfall

[Another deadfall in sight, 13:06:25, 30.8617326, -83.3228163]
Another deadfall in sight, 13:06:25, 30.8617326, -83.3228163

[Sometimes we could float, 13:06:28, 30.8617326, -83.3228163]
Sometimes we could float, 13:06:28, 30.8617326, -83.3228163

YMCA2 Deadfall

[A bit of an impediment, 13:09:58, 30.8613985, -83.3230256]
A bit of an impediment, 13:09:58, 30.8613985, -83.3230256

[Logs over logs, 13:10:01, 30.8613985, -83.3230256]
Logs over logs, 13:10:01, 30.8613985, -83.3230256

[Lower logs embedded in sand, 13:12:07, 30.8614667, -83.3234422]
Lower logs embedded in sand, 13:12:07, 30.8614667, -83.3234422

Sugar Creek Landing

[Lowndes County strip of land at Withlacoochee River, 13:35:03, 30.8606108, -83.3241457]
Lowndes County strip of land at Withlacoochee River, 13:35:03, 30.8606108, -83.3241457

[Floating again briefly, 13:35:07, 30.8606108, -83.3241457]
Floating again briefly, 13:35:07, 30.8606108, -83.3241457

Sugar Creek Landing Trashjam

[Not as bad as it has been, 13:37:27, 30.8604681, -83.3241673]
Not as bad as it has been, 13:37:27, 30.8604681, -83.3241673

[Movie: Third time in two months, 13:37:27, 30.8604681, -83.3241673 (72M)]
Movie: Third time in two months, 13:37:27, (72M) 30.8604681, -83.3241673

[Movie: Get it before it floats to Troupville River Camp and Florida, 30.8604681, -83.3241673 (53M)]
Movie: Get it before it floats to Troupville River Camp and Florida, (53M) 30.8604681, -83.3241673

Sugar Creek Landing Deadfall

[Under and over, 13:52:24, 30.8603941, -83.3240689]
Under and over, 13:52:24, 30.8603941, -83.3240689

[Get some more trash, 13:52:27, 30.8603941, -83.3240689]
Get some more trash, 13:52:27, 30.8603941, -83.3240689

Wood Valley Deadfall

[Double chainsaw, 14:26:37, 30.8589293, -83.3254240]
Double chainsaw, 14:26:37, 30.8589293, -83.3254240

[Movie: Two chainsaws, 14:26:37, 30.8589293, -83.3254240 (13M)]
Movie: Two chainsaws, 14:26:37, (13M) 30.8589293, -83.3254240

[Movie: One chainsaw, 30.8589293, -83.3254240 (2.8M)]
Movie: One chainsaw, (2.8M) 30.8589293, -83.3254240

Hairpin Deadfall

[Passable, 15:07:51, 30.8598861, -83.3255780]
Passable, 15:07:51, 30.8598861, -83.3255780

[Sawdust and river mud, 15:07:55, 30.8598861, -83.3255780]
Sawdust and river mud, 15:07:55, 30.8598861, -83.3255780

Wood Valley Shoals

[Tiny rapids, 15:30:33, 30.8581463, -83.3260762]
Tiny rapids, 15:30:33, 30.8581463, -83.3260762

[Movie: Tiniest rapids ever, 15:30:33, 30.8581463, -83.3260762 (9.2M)]
Movie: Tiniest rapids ever, 15:30:33, (9.2M) 30.8581463, -83.3260762

Riverhill1 Deadfall

[Took a 24
Took a 24

[Onwards, 16:11:14, 30.8570688, -83.3276822]
Onwards, 16:11:14, 30.8570688, -83.3276822

Riverhill2 Deadfall

[Another deadfall, 16:11:23, 30.8570688, -83.3276822]
Another deadfall, 16:11:23, 30.8570688, -83.3276822

[Context, 16:11:27, 30.8570688, -83.3276822]
Context, 16:11:27, 30.8570688, -83.3276822

Riverhill Drive Deadfall

[William Bryant Cooley with banners, 17:12:36, 30.8561048, -83.3287687]
William Bryant Cooley with banners, 17:12:36, 30.8561048, -83.3287687

[Thanks for the pizza, 17:18:04, 30.8561502, -83.3285131]
Thanks for the pizza, 17:18:04, 30.8561502, -83.3285131

[Last limbs, 17:25:20, 30.8560759, -83.3287794]
Last limbs, 17:25:20, 30.8560759, -83.3287794

[This was supposed to be our first target, 30.8560759, -83.3287794]
This was supposed to be our first target, 30.8560759, -83.3287794

[Movie: Smaller than the trunk, 17:25:20, 30.8560759, -83.3287794 (38M)]
Movie: Smaller than the trunk, 17:25:20, (38M) 30.8560759, -83.3287794

Crooked Creek Deadfall

[Small, but still an impediment, 18:11:39, 30.8547868, -83.3322027]
Small, but still an impediment, 18:11:39, 30.8547868, -83.3322027

[Movie: Another deadfall, 30.8547868, -83.3322027 (2.3M)]
Movie: Another deadfall, (2.3M) 30.8547868, -83.3322027

[Tea-colored water and sandbars, 18:13:45, 30.8547003, -83.3321976]
Tea-colored water and sandbars, 18:13:45, 30.8547003, -83.3321976

Submerged deadfalls

[Float over these, 18:17:17, 30.8550316, -83.3325827]
Float over these, 18:17:17, 30.8550316, -83.3325827

Beach and river

[Bend to the left, 18:17:21, 30.8550316, -83.3325827]
Bend to the left, 18:17:21, 30.8550316, -83.3325827