Update 2023-11-07: Pictures: Banks Lake Full Hunters Moon Paddle 2023-10-28 2023-10-28.
Leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle, right after the Halloween full moon costume contest.
When: Gather 5:40 PM, launch 5:45 PM, moonrise 6:45 PM, sunset 6:48 PM, end 7:45 PM, Saturday, October 28, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Banners, Boating witch, Lights 2020-10-31]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-10-28--banks-lake-full-hunters-moon-paddle/many.jpg)
Banners, Boating witch, Lights
2020-10-31
Langdale Park is back open to drive in, since Monday.
Join us at Langdale Park Boat Ramp on Saturday, Friday, October 20, 2023, for a boating cleanup.
Don’t worry: if you don’t have a boat or don’t want to use one, you can clean up on land.
You may recall that back on September 28th I thought I’d collect a water quality sample at Langdale Park, and I found downed trees all along the entrance road.
A week later, I checked again, and all that Hurricane Idalia debris was still there.
So I called Lowndes County Public Works. They agreed they did maintain Hyta Mederer Road, and they would open a work order. They asked if it was urgent, or would Monday do? I said Monday would be fine.
![[Thanks to Lowndes County Public Works for reopening Langdale Park]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/gretchen/2023-10-10--langdale-park/many.jpg)
Thanks to Lowndes County Public Works for reopening Langdale Park
And on Monday they got all the impediments off the road. Gretchen Quarterman tood these pictures Tuesday. She got there in her low-slung Prius C.
On the way back out, she took a video.
https://youtu.be/mbIY1uMhzos
Update 2023-09-15: Last call for tickets for WWALS River Revue, on Talk 92.1 FM 2023-09-18.
Join us on The Spotlight Show on talk921.com at 6 PM, Thursday, September 14, 2023.
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman and “Diamond” Jim Halter will talk about the WWALS River Revue sit-down fundraising dinner, with cash bar, silent auction, and new songs in the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, all 6-10 PM, Friday, September 22, 2023, at the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta, Georgia.
Tickets are available only online in advance, by Monday, September 18th:
https://www.betterunite.com/WWALS-wwalsriverrevue2023/
![[The Spotlight Show, WWALS River Revue]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-14--radio-jim-halter/many.jpg)
The Spotlight Show, WWALS River Revue
On the radio, we will talk about some of what WWALS does that this fundraiser supports, including water trails, paddle outings including bats on Banks Lake, and cleanups, including chainsaw cleanups. Continue reading
A dozen people paddled four miles around Banks Lake on Labor Day morning. We saw three trees with bats, and the old one with no bats.
![[Flyers, bat tree, etc. @ Banks Lake morning paddle 2023-09-04]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-04--banks-lake-morning-paddle-pictures/many.jpg)
Flyers, bat tree, etc. @ Banks Lake morning paddle 2023-09-04
I forgot the banners, so people are holding up flyers for the WWALS River Revue. Continue reading
Update 2023-09-04: Pictures: Banks Lake morning paddle 2023-09-04.
Join us for a four-mile paddle around Banks Lake.
If you want to take a break from the hurricane cleanup, come enjoy this peaceful, morning paddle around the perimeter of a beautiful cypress pond. There are no places to get out of your boat for a break once we launch. We’ll paddle at a leisurely pace, on flat water with no current, so it should take two hours.
![[Morning Paddle around Banks Lake 8:30 AM 2023-09-04]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-04--banks-lake-morning-paddle/many.jpg)
Morning Paddle around Banks Lake 8:30 AM 2023-09-04
This is different from the traditional WWALS Banks Lake paddles: it’s in the morning (not in the evening), it’s not on a full moon, and it’s a different route.
When: Gather 8:30 AM, launch 9 AM, end 11 AM, Monday, September 4, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
I caught the Lowndes County Litter Crew on site, at Folsom Bridge Landing, on the Little River west of Hahira on GA 122, on the WWALS Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
![[Lowndes County Litter Crew and beach deadfalls, Folsom Bridge Landing, Little River @ GA 122]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-23--folsom-bridge-landing-jlh-beach-lowndes-county-litter-crew/many.jpg)
Lowndes County Litter Crew and beach deadfalls, Folsom Bridge Landing, Little River @ GA 122
Earlier this year they won a Georgia statewide award. They pick up weekly at all the public river access points in Lowndes County, also on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT). I thanked the litter crew for doing that.
And I thank Lowndes County Public Works for their longstanding agreement with WWALS that they will pick up bagged trash we leave at boat ramps after cleanups.
The Litter Crew was using their RV down towards the river. Continue reading
Due to Hurricane Idalia heading straight for the Suwannee River Basin, Shirley Kokidko has cancelled tomorrow’s evening paddle on Banks Lake.
She wrote, “Even if the rain stops Wed. evening, gusty winds at the lake could be unsafe for paddlers, especially after dark. The full moon will not be visible with the cloud cover, bats aren’t active during rainy weather either.”
![[Cancelled: Banks Lake Full Blue Moon Paddle 2023-08-30]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-30--banks-lake-full-blue-moon-paddle/manycancelled.jpg)
Cancelled: Banks Lake Full Blue Moon Paddle 2023-08-30
Join us next month for the Banks Lake Full Harvest Moon Paddle 2023-09-29.
More: For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations
Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle. There may be bats.
When: Gather 6:20 PM, launch 6:50 PM, moonrise 7:43 PM, sunset 7:21 PM, end 8:45 PM, Friday, September 29, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Banks Lake Boat Ramp, sunset, moonrise 2022-09-10]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-29--banks-lake-full-harvest-moon/many.jpg)
Banks Lake Boat Ramp, sunset, moonrise 2022-09-10
Thanks to “friendly, bubbly” Meredith Crosby for leading this outing, to Rebecca Galardo for reporting on it, to Tony Galardo for taking her out in the Lanier EMA boat to do that, thanks to James Barnes, Lanier County Code Enforcement, for unlocking the boats, and thanks to Lanier County for letting WWALS rent the boats to paddlers for free.
![[WWALS Banks Lake Full Sturgeon Moon Paddle in Lanier County Advocate]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-01--banks-lake-full-sturgeon-moon-lanier-advocate/many.jpg)
WWALS Banks Lake Full Sturgeon Moon Paddle in Lanier County Advocate
Plus of course thanks to everyone who paddled on the Banks Lake Full Sturgeon Moon Paddle, 2023-08-01. The next full moon paddle is at the end of August: Banks Lake Full Blue Supermoon Paddle 2023-08-30.
For more WWALS outings, see:
https://wwals.net/outings
Rebecca Galardo, Lanier County Advocate, Banks Lake paddling event held August 1, Continue reading
Update 2023-08-29: Cancelled: Banks Lake Full Blue Moon Paddle 2023-08-30.
Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle.
This will be the only blue moon of 2023 (second full moon of a month), and is expected to be the biggest and brightest supermoon this year. It will be the third supermoon of this year, “when the moon’s orbit is closest to Earth at the same time the moon is full.”. According to NPR, this will be the only blue supermoon of 2023, and there won’t be another until 2032.
There may still be bats.
When: Gather 7 PM, launch 7:30 PM, moonrise 8:08 PM, sunset 7:58 PM, end 9 PM, Wednesday, August 30, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
![[Sunset 2023-03-07, Moonrise 2018-12-22; Full Blue Moon Paddle, Banks Lake, Lakeland, GA 2023-08-30]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-30--banks-lake-full-blue-moon-paddle/many.jpg)
Sunset 2023-03-07,
Moonrise 2018-12-22;
Full Blue Moon Paddle, Banks Lake, Lakeland, GA 2023-08-30