Update 2017-02-05 Pictures.
You can join WWALS for a fall Saturday paddle on the Suwannee River in
the Okefenokee swamp.
Bring a boat, PFD, and paddle, or you can rent those at the park.
When: 10AM Saturday December 10th 2016
Where: Georgia’s Stephen C. Foster State Park near Fargo, GA
What: Paddle from Billy’s Lake down through the River Narrows to the Suwannee River Sill.
Distance: About 7 miles in about 4 hours Continue reading
Next month, once again the upper Suwannee that drains into the Gulf gets pulled into a meeting with coastal Georgia Water Planning Councils. This is the meeting that got delayed by hurricane.
Joint Regional Water Planning Council Meeting NEW DATE: November 17, 2016
Georgia Department of Natural Resources sent this bulletin at 10/18/2016 09:18 AM EDT
NOTICE:
JOINT REGIONAL WATER PLANNING COUNCIL MEETING
Announcement Date: October 18, 2016
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS AND PARTIES:
A Joint Council Meeting will be held for the Altamaha, Coastal
Georgia, Middle Ocmulgee, Savannah-Upper Ogeechee, Suwannee-Satilla
and Upper Oconee Regional Water Planning Councils at the following
date, time, and location:
GA DNR, Bulletin, 18 October 2016,
Update 2016-10-20: WMA check-in hunt does not count towards Georgia bag limit.
WWALS member Patrick Kunes took this video of
Deserter Lake in
Irwin County on the Alapaha River in
the new
Alapaha River Wildlife Management Area (WMA)
on the Alapaha River betweeen Tifton and Ocilla.
You can hear him talking about turkeys he saw, and you can
see the lake on the river.
He mentions deadfalls, which are a common feature on the upper Alapaha River.
The river itself is not really boatable up that far much of the year,
but lakes like this one often still have water.
Many such lakes do not have public access, but Deserter Lake does now.
This lake is upstream from the formal start of the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT), but we’ve included it in the online material about the ARWT because Deserter Lake is in the new Alapaha WMA.
Patrick wrote about this video: Continue reading
According to
Gregory Payne,
Sabal Trail only recently put up those No Trespassing signs on their easement,
after Gregory moved in with a peaceful nonviolent encampment with permission from the landowner.
While trying to stop the pipeline,
the campers are making sure Sabal Trail does not block the landowner’s access.
This is not a WWALS event or activity, but it is happening in WWALS watersheds, so I went to report on it yesterday, Sunday October 16th 2016.
Gregory Payne says Continue reading
Music and advocacy on the banks of the iconic Suwannee River!
WWALS outings, rivers, Valdosta wastewater, agricultural runoff, and
the issue
half the people wanted
to talk about was the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline: nobody wants it.
Thanks to Leeann Drabenstott Culbreath for the great picture of WWALS Treasurer Gretchen Quarterman and Ambassador Dave Hetzel, who engages everybody who walks past. Thanks to WWALS member Bret Huntley for camping overnight last night and setting up this morning. Gretchen took the other pictures of Dave and Bret. WWALS president John S. Quarterman took the one of the Shook Twins on the Amphitheater Stage in Spirit of Suwannee Music Park at Suwannee River Roots Revival on the banks of the Suwannee River.
Come on down to these upcoming WWALS events and outings: Continue reading
Bring a rope for your boat on the Withlacoochee Trickle in Berrien County, GA at Camp Tygart.
-jsq
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
At Wanee
More about that. We’ll be there today, Saturday, and Sunday, too. Come on down!
-jsq
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Small, big, huge, and PDF versions of each and every one of the 144 alignment maps FSC filed with FERC in May 2016 are available online courtesy of Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE).
![[21040-510-ALS-00132 STA: 6250+00 TO 6300+00, MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA]](https://www.l-a-k-e.org/govt/ferc/2016-05-20--fsc-implementation-plan/small/20160520-5173-31474761-0007.jpg)
21040-510-ALS-00132 STA: 6250+00 TO 6300+00, MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA
PDF
The map shown here is where FSC crosses SW Martin Highway (FL 141) between Okeechobee City and Juno Beach, Florida. There will be a rally against this pipeline in Juno Beach at FPL HQ Friday and another in Okeechobee City Saturday.
Follow the link for details of what, and how you can help.
For maps of the rest of the Southeast Market Pipelines Project (SMPP), see SMPP.
-jsq
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Taking it to the source: the headquarters of FPL, whose ratepayers are on the hook for $3 billion for the Transco → Sabal Trail → FSC fracked methane pipeline boondoggle through Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, Sierra Club and Indian Riverkeeper are holding a Rush Hour Rally this Friday, October 14th 2016 in Juno Beach, Florida; see press release for details. If you can’t get there, there are other events all over Florida and beyond. Remember, FPL admits no need for new electricity until 2024, so there’s no more excuse for Sabal Trail.
The facebook page Protect Florida Against Sabal Trail attempts to keep track of upcoming rallies against Sabal Trail or its ugly stepsisters, which are popping up practically daily. Here are some events scheduled starting this weekend: Continue reading
WWALS Watershed Coalition, the Waterkeeper® Alliance Affiliate for the upper Suwannee River, will have a table at the
Suwannee River Roots Revival
at Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park, 13-16 October 2016.
That’s starting 4PM tomorrow, Thursday October 13th.
This is the festival we wrote has roots going back to the 1950s in the Suwannee River Jamboree radio show.
If you’d like to help with the WWALS table, Continue reading