Thanks to GDOT, the stolen Sheboggy signs have been replaced. Remember, we’ll sell you one for $25.
Meanwhile, come on down to Sheboggy 1PM today for a cleanup and upstream paddle.
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Pictures of all the BLRPR paddlers 2018-04-28
You’ve seen who won the eleven awards. Now here are the rest of the paddlers in the 6th Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race, from more counties, states, and watersheds than ever before. Also more Solo Female Kayaks than Solo Male Kayaks, and several whole families of paddlers.
![[Finish]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2018-04-28--blrpr-hubbard/4063062-28Apr18.jpg)
Statistics: 2018 BIG Little River Paddle Race
43 Boats
37 kayaks
6 canoes
49 Paddlers
29 male
20 female Continue reading
Pictures: WWALS at A Day in the Woods 2018-04-21
Here are Gretchen Quarterman and Dave Hetzel at Heather Brasell’s annual A Day in the Woods at the Gaskins Forest Education Center near Alapaha, Berrien County, Georgia.
WWALS at A Day in the Woods 2018-04-21
At Heather Brasell’s annual outdoor event at the Gaskins Forest Education Center, WWALS will have a table as usual, thanks to WWALS Ambassador Dave Hetzel.
When: 1PM-5PM Saturday, April 21, 2018
Where:
Gaskins Forest Education Center
3359 Moore Sawmill Rd., Alapaha
What:
A Day in the Woods:
FREE Community Event Activities for all the family
Photo:
WG Bailey of Dave Hetzel at WWALS table, 2015-04-18.
The GFEC backs up to several miles of the Alapaha River on the Alapaha River Water Trail, and is itself an excellent example of native longleaf and riparian forest.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
PR: Florida man wins Suwannee Riverkeeper kayak raffle drawing at Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hahira, Georgia, December 13, 2017 — People got kayak raffle tickets for three months at festivals from Alapaha, Georgia to Live Oak, Florida, and online, until the drawing at a Suwannee Riverkeeper outing Sunday at the top of the Suwannee River in the Okefenokee Swamp. The lucky winner of a kayak donated by Malibu Kayaks is Chris Newton from the Atlantic coast of Florida. “No way!” he said.
At Stephen C. Foster State Park, Fargo, Georgia, Gretchen Quarterman, Acting Executive Director for WWALS Watershed Coalition, said:
“These are all the tickets that we sold. And these are the ones that Shirley [Kokidko, WWALS board member] sold. These are the ones that came from Phil [Hubbard, WWALS board member of Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia]. These are the ones that came from Hulaween [Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida]. These are the ones that came from Skillet Fest [Quitman, Brooks County, Georgia, suggested by WWALS member John Horton of Quitman and Suwannee, Dixie County, Florida] ….”
WWALS board member Shirley Kokidko of Pearson, Atkinson County, Georgia, had the video camera at Continue reading
WWALS at Alapaha Station Celebration 2017-11-11
Update 2018-11-09: Pictures.
We will have the WWALS festival booth at the Alapaha Station Celebration on Saturday November 11, for the fourth year running. Join us for a fun day of outreach to members of our community.
When: 9AM – 5PM, Saturday, November 11, 2017
Where: Alapaha Station, 245 NE Railroad St, Alapaha, Georgia
Miss Alapaha Station Mini Supreme at the WWALS booth last year.
The station is only a few miles from Continue reading
Pictures: WWALS at Alapaha Station Celebration 2016-11-12
Last year at Alapaha Station Celebration we met a lot of people ad had a good time. We’ll be back there this Saturday.
Old Coffee Road, Georgia
The Google map of locations on Old Coffee Road was used by many of the early settlers of south central Georgia, including in the watersheds of the Willacoochee, Alapaha, Withlacoochee, and Little Rivers and Okapilco Creek. It crossed all those and other waterways by ford or private ferry: there were no bridges back then.
Follow
this link for the interactive google map.
The Georgia Historical Commission erected markers at half a dozen locations in the 1950s and 1960, reading: Continue reading
Improved Sheboggy Ramp, Alapaha River @ US 82
Here’s a pleasant surprise! The access road has been smoothed out and Sheboggy Ramp itself has been re-concreted. Thanks to Ben Warren, Berrien County Roads Superintendent, for doing the work.
Ramp with new concrete
![[Ramp with new concrete]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2017-06-03--sheboggy-ramp/IMG_9077.jpg)
Thanks to Bret Wagenhorst for these pictures, Continue reading
A Day in the Woods, Berrien County, GA 2017-04-22
Thanks to Heather Brasell for organizing this annual outdoor event. WWALS will have a table there as usual, thanks to WWALS Ambassador Dave Hetzel. Come on down for this community event; learn something; maybe even get your feet wet!
When:
1PM-10:30PM Saturday, April 22, 2017
Where:
Gaskins Forest Education Center
3359 Moore Sawmill Rd., Alapaha
What:
A Day in the Woods:
Forest & Wildlife Activities for All the Family
Event: facebook
See also the PDF flyer, transcribed below. Continue reading