Here’s Bret Wagenhorst holding the new WWALS banner,
with
upper Suwannee on it, at
Adopt-A-Stream cleanup at GA-135 today.
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Picture: Alapaha Cleanup @ GA 135 2015-09-26
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.
-jsq
Reminder: GA 135 Alapaha River Cleanup 2015-09-26
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
GA 135 Alapaha River Cleanup 2015-09-26
It’s the annual WWALS Adopt-A-Stream cleanup, this time at GA 135
on the
Atkinson County side of the Alapaha River, plus if there’s time, the
Berrien County side.
When: 9AM Saturday September 26th 2015
Where: Continue reading
Rotary, Hospital, and Doctor sponsor paddle race Saturday at Reed Bingham State Park
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:PDF
Valdosta,
May 15th, 2015 — Three sponsors have signed up for the third annual
BIG Little River Paddle Race on Saturday, May 16, 2015: Tifton
Rotary Club, Cook
Medical Center, and Bret
Wagenhorst, MD. You can register at the event tomorrow morning.
Last year also saw paddlers from as away as New York and Pennsylvania
and even a couple from Germany. Come have a grand time paddling with
friends, fathers and sons, husbands and wives, mothers and daughters.
Bring your canoe or kayak or rent one at Reed Bingham State Park for this fundraiser for Friends of Reed Bingham State Park and WWALS Watershed Coalition. The course runs Continue reading
BIG Little River Paddle Race in Tifton Gazette 2014 2015-04-26
The Tifton newspaper carried the
press release Sunday April 26th
about the May 16th BIG Little River Paddle Race
at Reed Bingham State Park.
You can register online. Continue reading
Third Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race PR 2015-05-16
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Charity paddle event to take place at Reed Bingham State Park
Valdosta, April 27th, 2015 — You are invited to paddle in the third annual BIG Little River Paddle Race on Saturday, May 16, 2015. Bring your canoe or kayak or Continue reading
Pictures: Rowetown Church to GA 135 –Bret Wagenhorst
Expedition leader Bret Wagenhorst’s always-excellent pictures of the
18 April 2015 WWALS Outing
on the
Alapaha River Water Trail.
And don’t forget coming up May 16th theThird annual BIG Little River Paddle Race at Reed Bingham State Park on the Little River. Continue reading
Update on Rowetown Church to GA 135: WWALS outing 2015-04-18
Update from expedition leader Bret Wagenhorst:
The current weather forecast for Saturday in Alapaha, GA is cloudy with 20% chance of thunderstorms. The water level on the Alapaha River at the Alapaha gauge
is 9.4 ft and appears to be plateauing. [The river has already been going down for a couple of days upstream at the Irwinville gauge. -jsq] Unless there are heavy rains in or north of Alapaha Friday, we should be able to proceed with our planned outing.
It should be a fast trip with the water this high, and with fast, high water comes increased risk, so this is probably not a great outing for a beginner.
Know that the put in is actually Continue reading
Summary of Statenville to Sasser Landing WWALS Outing –Bret Wagenhorst 2015-02-15
Saw: tupelo, cypress, maple, river birch, pine, live oak, titi, mayhaw, native blueberries, palmetto; only maple in bloom. Not much wildlife.
River: several small streams entered river through breaks in the bank, winding course, couple of bluffs and some exposed karst
Comments: a good level to run this section, saw 2 other canoes with a family of campers, and a fisherman in a john boat skinning a catfish, 2 rope swings, the side trip up the Alapahoochee River to the waterfall just up from the take out was worth the effort.
Pictures: see separate post by Bret Wagenhorst. And pictures by John S. Quarterman.
Ten of us met at 12 noon Sunday afternoon, February 15th 2015, continuing our exploration of the Alapaha River Water Trail, as announced.
The shuttle took Continue reading