Come help us remove some deadfalls that are impeding canoe and kayak paddling. There are probably also new ones after Hurricane Idalia.
Bring a chainsaw if you really know how to use it. Or a handsaw, or sawzall.
But you do not have to use any kind of saw to join us.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 1 PM, Saturday, October 14, 2023
Put In: Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 3781 N. Valdosta Rd., Valdosta, GA 31602.
GPS: 30.88747, -83.32395
Continue readingUpdate 2023-09-12: Langdale Park to Sugar Creek Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-10-14.
Cancelled on account of the Withlacoochee River is still too high after Hurricane Idalia, and our chainsaws don’t work underwater, the Langdale Park to Sugar Creek Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, 2023-09-09.
![[FB: Cancelled due to river flood levels after Hurricane Idalia]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-09--langdale-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup-withlacoochee-river/fbmanycancelled.jpg)
FB: Cancelled due to river flood levels after Hurricane Idalia
We will reschedule; new date to be announced.
The US 41 Withlacoochee River Gauge currently reads 122.36 feet. Our WWALS paddle recommendations are: Highest safe 12.7 feet, 123′ NAVD. Lowest boatable 5.7 feet, 116′ NAVD. And at the current level, the target deadfalls are about six feet underwater.
Valdosta US 41 (North Valdosta Road) Withlacoochee River Gauge
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!
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Cancelled on account of Withlacoochee River in flood after Hurricane Idalia, and our chainsaws don’t work underwater, the Re-reschedule Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-09-02.
![[FB: Cancelled due to river flood levels after Hurricane Idalia]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-02--re-reschedule-retry-sugar-creek-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmanycancelled.jpg)
FB: Cancelled due to river flood levels after Hurricane Idalia
We will reschedule; new date to be announced.
The US 41 Withlacoochee River Gauge currently reads 124.42 feet. Our WWALS paddle recommendations are: Highest safe 12.7 feet, 123′ NAVD. Lowest boatable 5.7 feet, 116′ NAVD. And at the current level, the target deadfall is about eight feet underwater.
Valdosta US 41 (North Valdosta Road) Withlacoochee River Gauge
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
Update 2023-09-01: Cancelled: Re-reschedule Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-09-02.
Again hoping for cleaner river water, this time we are aiming at 9 AM, Saturday, September 2, 2023, to chainsaw one big deadfall between I-75 and GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River, and maybe a few more between GA 133 and the Little River Confluence.
On this new date, we may also use a put-in closer to our main deadfall target. Bring a rope on at least one end of your boat for lowering it in there. Bring a chainsaw if you really know how to use it, but you do not have to saw to join us.
Our main target this time is one remaining big deadfall between I-75 and GA 133.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 4 PM, Friday, September 2, 2023
Put In: Meet at the back of the Salty Snapper parking lot, 1405 Gornto Rd, Valdosta, GA 31602 and we’ll go to the put-in from there.
Continue readingUpdate 2023-08-18: Re-reschedule Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-09-02.
Hoping for higher and cleaner river water, this time we are aiming at 9 AM, Saturday, August 19, 2023, to chainsaw one big deadfall between I-75 and GA 133 on the Withlacoochee River, and maybe a few more between GA 133 and the Little River Confluence.
For our original date, the river level was two feet below our recommended level of 116′ NAVD88, and Valdosta had just reported very high E. coli in that stretch.
On this new date of August 19th, we may also use a put-in closer to our main deadfall target. Bring a rope on at least one end of your boat for lowering it in there. Bring a chainsaw if you really know how to use it, but you do not have to saw to join us.
Our main target this time is one remaining big deadfall between I-75 and GA 133.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 4 PM, Friday, August 19, 2023
Put In: Meet at the back of the Salty Snapper parking lot, 1405 Gornto Rd, Valdosta, GA 31602 and we’ll go to the put-in from there.
![[Crowe Deadfall 2022-07-30; Riverhill Drive Deadfall 2022-10-16; Reschedule Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-08-19]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-19--reschedule-retry-sugar-creek-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup/many.jpg)
Crowe Deadfall 2022-07-30;
Riverhill Drive Deadfall 2022-10-16;
Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee
River 2023-08-19
Update 2023-09-07: Cancelled: Langdale Park to Sugar Creek Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, 2023-09-09.
Come help us remove some deadfalls that are impeding canoe and kayak paddling.
Bring a chainsaw if you really know how to use it.
But you do not have to use a saw to join us.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 1 PM, Saturday, September 9, 2023
Put In: Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 3781 N. Valdosta Rd., Valdosta, GA 31602,
GPS: 30.88747, -83.32395
![[Easy and hard deadfalls 2021-05-15]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-09--langdale-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup-withlacoochee-river/many.jpg)
Easy and hard deadfalls,
2021-05-15
Come help clean up the Withlacoochee River behind the Valdosta YMCA and onwards to the Little River Confluence, then upstream on the Little River to Troupville Boat Ramp. Bring a chainsaw if you really know how to use it, but you do not have to saw to join us.
Our main target this time is one remaining big deadfall between I-75 and GA 133.
When: Gather 1 PM, launch 1:30 PM, end 6 PM, Thursday, August 3, 2023
Put In: Meet at the back of the Salty Snapper parking lot, 1405 Gornto Rd, Valdosta, GA 31602 and we’ll put in at the railroad tracks.
![[Crowe Deadfall 2022-07-30; Riverhill Drive Deadfall 2022-10-16; Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-08-03]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-03--retry-sugar-creek-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup/many.jpg)
Crowe Deadfall 2022-07-30;
Riverhill Drive Deadfall 2022-10-16;
Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-08-03
The second Suwannee River Chainsaw Cleanup went well. Got a little hot in the middle, and rained towards the end.
![[Chainsawing deadfalls, Suwannee River 2023-06-10]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-10--suwannee-chainsaw-pictures/many.jpg)
Chainsawing deadfalls, Suwannee River 2023-06-10
But the rain came only after we cleared four deadfalls above Fargo Ramp and Reeves Landing: Continue reading
Update 2023-06-15: Pictures: Suwannee River Chainsaw Cleanup, Three Steps Landing to Fargo, GA 2023-06-10.
The deadfalls are still four feet underwater, with more rain coming, so we’re rescheduling again, this time to Saturday, June 10th, in hopes that summer evapotranspiration will keep the Suwannee River lower.
You do not have to use a saw to join us on the last five Suwannee River miles down to Fargo as we clear three or four more deadfalls.
![[Duck and float under to the left, 14:59:12, 30.7158583, -82.5130261]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-12-29--suwannee-pictures/floatunderleft.jpg)
Duck and float under to the left, 14:59:12, 30.7158583, -82.5130261
Thanks to Adam Schock of the Conservation Fund for permission to use Three Steps Landing. That will make this one a lot easier than last time.
When: Gather 10 AM, launch 11 AM, end 4 PM, Satuday, June 10, 2023
Put In: Three Steps Landing. Meet at Fargo Ramp and we’ll sort out the shuttle.
Take Out: Fargo Ramp, Half a mile southeast of Fargo on US 441, the boat ramp is on the northeast side of US 441 and on the west (right bank) of the Suwannee River, in Clinch County, Georgia. Continue reading
Update 2023-03-14: Again rescheduled: Suwannee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2023-06-10.
We’re rescheduling to Sunday March 19th, with a fallback of Sunday March 26th, because the deadfalls are underwater, with the Suwannee River four feet higher than when we last chainsawed on that stretch.
You do not have to use a saw to join us as we clear three or four more deadfalls on the last five Suwannee River miles down to Fargo.
![[Handsaws also useful; Photo: Shirley Kokidko 2022-12-29]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-19--suwannee-chainsaw-cleanup/IMG_0956.jpg)
Handsaws also useful; Photo: Shirley Kokidko 2022-12-29
Thanks to Adam Schock of the Conservation Fund for permission to use Three Steps Landing. That will make this one a lot easier than last time.
When: Gather 10 AM, launch 11 AM, end 4 PM, Sunday, March 19, 2023
Put In: Three Steps Landing. Meet at Fargo Ramp and we’ll sort out the shuttle.
Take Out: Fargo Ramp, Half a mile southeast of Fargo on US 441, the boat ramp is on the northeast side of US 441 and on the west (right bank) of the Suwannee River, in Clinch County, Georgia. Continue reading
![[A deadfall 2021-05-15]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-10-14--langdale-sugar-creek-chainsaw-cleanup-withlacoochee-river/fbmany.jpg)
![[FB: Crowe Deadfall 2022-07-30; Riverhill Drive Deadfall 2022-10-16; Reschedule Retry Sugar Creek to Troupville Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River 2023-09-02]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-02--re-reschedule-retry-sugar-creek-troupville-chainsaw-cleanup/fbmany.jpg)