Update 2016-04-03: Extra Withlacoochee outing by popular demand.
Coming up soon!
See the WWALS calendar for any more events already scheduled.
All these outings are in Georgia. Which is a switch, since Continue reading
Patrick Kunes has opened the WWALS booth in Alapaha, Georgia, near the start of the
Alapaha River Water Trail in Berrien County.
Come on down for music, food, parade, beauty queen, and meet WWALS people!
If you are a WWALS member, please come to the booth and sit a spell and help introduce WWALS to the people.
When: 9AM to 5PM Saturday November 14, 2015
Where: 245 NE Railroad Street, Alapaha, GA
31.381532,-83.223416, just east of Main Street, US 129.
What: Alapaha Station Celebration.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Continue readingUpdate 2023-06-22: More Pictures: WWALS on The Rocks between Lakeland and Hotchkiss, Alapaha River 2015-07-11.
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman of the
11 July 2015 WWALS outing on the Alapaha River.
Happy paddlers and an owl!
Lots more outings coming up, from the Little River to the Suwannee, the Alapaha again (continuing our exploration of the Alapaha River Water Trail), to Grand Bay, the Okefenokee Swamp, and of course the Withlacoochee River, where we went most recently last month.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
From Gretchen’s facebook album.
Update 2016-02-19: Water is high and fast, so expert paddlers only, come early, and be ready.
Continuing our exploration of the entire
Alapaha River Water Trail,
we’re into the longer stretches, including this one.
When: 8AM Saturday 20 February 2016
Put In: GA 135, MILE 106.5, Atkinson County side, 2.8 miles south of Willacoochee, GA, Atkinson County.
Take Out: GA 168 (Berrien Beach), MILE 88.24, N side of GA 168, west side of Alapaha River; float downstream under the bridge to the sand beaches, Berrien County
Duration: 18.25 miles. This paddle could take as long as 9-10 hrs.
Shuttle: Probably more than 30 minutes due to distance.
End time: Around 6PM. Yes, really all day.
This outing is Free! But we encourage you to join WWALS today to support our fun outings and important work: /donations/. Continue reading
Paddling upstream was pretty easy, and downstream even easier,
on the Alapaha River from GA 135, Atkinson County side.
Here are a few pictures.
And in February, we paddle much farther, starting at GA 135 again, this time downstream all day to Berrien Beach, Saturday February 20, 2016.
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Cypress, herons, alligators, pitcher plants, and more in a mini-Okefenokee between Valdosta and Lakeland:
Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area!
No boats required; this is a hiking expedition.
When: 10AM Saturday December 12, 2015
What: Aprox. 1.5 hr hike then lunch (not provided)
Responsible party: Continue reading
The FERC circus in Valdosta Wednesday, Kayaktivism on the Withlacoochee River Saturday, reprinting Alapaha River Water Trail brochures,
the new Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail, and
WWALS v. Sabal Trail & FL-DEP in Jasper (or Live Oak) 19-22 October 2015:
these are some of the topics WWALS president John S. Quarterman will talk about on the air.
When: 8AM Wednesday October 30th 2015
Where: Continue reading
A cleanup and a new WWALS banner! Thanks to Bret Wagenhorst for both, at the Alapaha River at GA 135 on the Atkinson County side today.
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Bret Wagenhorst invites you:
For anyone who likes to paddle the pristine waters of our region’s lovely Alapaha River, I’d like to encourage you to come out for an hour this coming Saturday and help make a noticeable difference by picking up trash along the bank at one of the put in sites for the Alapaha River Water Trail. 9 a.m. at the Hwy 135 bridge south of Willacoochee.
It’s the annual WWALS Adopt-A-Stream cleanup, Continue reading
Rescheduled from July,
WWALS Ambassador
Dave Hetzel will speak about the
Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT), which is
now looking to place signs and reprint brochures,
and the
Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WRWT),
whose Committee is looking for more members,
at the
Southern Georgia Regional Commission Council
meeting September 24th in Pearson, Georgia.
When: 11AM Thursday September 24th, 2015
Where: Continue reading
