Apparently we get dragged into a meeting of all regional councils with waters flowing into the Atlantic
because the Suwannee-Satilla RWPC includes much of the Satilla and
St Marys Rivers, even though most of the SSRWPC territory is in our Upper Suwannee watershed.
A tiny bit of our Little River Watershed is in Wilcox County,
which is in the Altamaha RWPC.
Received from GA-DNR May 25th 2016, NOTICE:
JOINT REGIONAL WATER PLANNING COUNCIL MEETING Continue reading
Rep. Sanford Bishop GA-02 just stood up again against the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline invader, for the Flint River, the Floridan Aquifer, and his constituents in Albany, and Dougherty and Terrell Counties, pointing out FERC shouldn’t have issued a certificate before all the state Clean Water Act Section 401 permits were in, and asking for a Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).
I’m sure we’re all looking forward to similar requests from Austin Scott GA-07,
in whose Congressional district Sabal Trail would cross Okapilco Creek and the Withlacoochee River, and in which Moultrie, Valdosta, and the counties of Colquitt, Brooks, and Lowndes passed resolutions against the pipeline.
And especially from Ted Yoho FL-03, in whose district Sabal Trail would cross the Suwannee and Santa Fe Rivers through the most vulnerable recharge area of the Floridan Aquifer in the Florida Springs Heartland, and in which the counties
of Hamilton, Suwannee, and Marion have already sent letters to the Corps,
like Rep. Bishop just asked for a Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS).
We know the Corps did a SEIS for Keystone XL. The Corps should do a SEIS for Sabal Trail, so Continue reading
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Live Oak, May 24th 2016 — A Hamilton High student took $100 home for first place, and Branford High took the rest of the prizes, at the Serenity at Lime Run Spring photo contest, last night in Live Oak, Florida, organized by the Live Oak Woman’s Club and WWALS Watershed Coalition. Boys and girls were equally represented in the four prizes awarded, and grades ranged from 10 to 12.
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Prizes awarded to high school students, Serenity at Lime Run Spring photo contest 2016-05-23
Anyone of any age or gender or county can enjoy the beauty of the Florida Springs Heartland. We hope recognizing these students and their photographs will help bring awareness to the fragile beauty of Lime Run Spring, located in Suwannee River State Park, and will help preserve this spring in accordance with the Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act.
The Winners of the Serenity at Lime Run Spring photo contest have been selected by the judges!
We will be having the award ceremony as planned
on Monday May 23, 2016 at 6:00 pm.
at the Woman’s Club of Live Oak,
1308 11th St. SW, Live Oak, FL 32064.
Anyone who can join us, please do come out and support the winners!
-Deanna Mericle
Preserving and Protecting Pristine Areas of Our Earth for Future Generations.
Why: In order to bring awareness to the fragile beauty of Lime Run Spring, located in Suwannee River State Park, and to help preserve this spring in accordance with the Florida Springs and Aquifer Protection Act.
Organizers: the Woman’s Club of Live Oak and WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. are organizing a photo contest for high school students to capture the beauty and serenity at Lime Run Spring.
Who can participate? Any Continue reading
If you can’t get to the BIG Little River Paddle Race Saturday at Reed Bingham State Park Saturday morning between Adel and Moultrie, GA, there’s a cave diving workshop in Lake City, FL. And yes, the Paddle Race is still on unless there’s actually lightning, hail, or torrential rain tomorrow morning, and so far that seems unlikely. But you can still paddle at Reed Bingham and go to the social in Lake City tonight, the afternoon part of the Workshop tomorrow, and the rebreather demonstration or spring tours Sunday.
Social: 7PM Friday May 20th 2016 at 313 NW Commons Loop, Lake City, FL
Workshop: Continue reading
You are invited this Saturday morning to Reed Bingham State Park (between Adel and Moultrie)
for a morning of sun, fun, cypress, turtles, and don’t pet the alligator
at the fourth annual
BIG Little River Paddle Race.
You can register online (follow the link)
or at the site (also follow the link for details).
And Phil Hubbard’s special offer is still open: he will pay for two
free registrations.
If interested, send email wwalswatershed@gmail.com; first two received win.
Lots of prizes in numerous categories, including $100 for first prize. Plus Phil Hubbard also made and we have available the WWALS Fallers Plaque, which you may win if you inadvertently fall into the water. Thanks again to Bret Wagenhorst of Tifton for organizing the paddle race.
Here’s video of me talking about that on Chris Beckhams’s radio show, WVGA 105.9 FM the morning of May 16th: Continue reading