
She spoke in Citizens Wishing to Be Heard at the Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 March 2015.
Here’s the video:
Continue readingShe spoke in Citizens Wishing to Be Heard at the Regular Session, Lowndes County Commission (LCC), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 10 March 2015.
Here’s the video:
Continue reading
The Tifton Gazette today printed
the WWALS PR about the logo contest
and the conference tomorrow.
Winners will be announced, prizes awarded, and the winninglogos unveiled at the
WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail Conference Continue reading
Our Suwannee River tributary neighbors have joined other Florida watershed groups in forming a Florida Springs Council.
PR from the Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute, January 2014,
On December 4, 2014, seven representatives from various Florida springs advocacy groups “ Friends of Warm Mineral Springs, the Ichetucknee Alliance, the Howard T. Odum Florida Springs Institute, the Kings Bay Springs Alliance, Our Santa Fe River, Inc., Save the Manatee Club, the Wakulla Springs Alliance, and Withlacoochee Aquatic Restoration, Inc. (formerly Withlacoochee Area Residents, Inc.) “ met as the Organizing Committee for the Florida Springs Council. This ad hoc organization will be comprised of representatives from all Florida organizations that focus all or part of their group’s energies on springs issues and, by extension, issues that affect the Floridan aquifer that feeds the springs.
The Withlacoochee mentioned is central Florida’s Withlacoochee River, but of course WWALS’ south Georgia and north Florida Withlacoochee River has the same kind of springs. Continue reading
WWALS Watershed
Coalition, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation
3338 Country Club Road #L336
Valdosta, GA 31605
17 November 2014
Re: Alapaha River Water Trail
Dear Neighbor,
You are invited to an organizational meeting for the Alapaha River Water Trail by WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS). This updates and slightly extends the old Alapaha Canoe Trail from the 1970s, with new map, brochure, and website in the making.
When: 1-4PM
Saturday December 13th 2014
Where: Continue reading
Plants in our watersheds and along our waterways affect everything from
water flow to absorption to water quality to esthetics.
This Saturday there’s a conference about that near the Alapaha River.
Annual Meeting, Coastal Plain Chapter, Georgia Native Plant Society,
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At the Alabama Sierra Club Retreat this weekend at Lakepoint State Park
near Eufaula, I’ll be speaking and doing Q&A for an hour:
10AM Saturday 1 November 2014.
If you’re anywhere near Eufaula, Alabama this weekend,
I highly recommend coming to this retreat: it’s got lots
of great talks and activities.
What do you important points do you think I should mention? What graphics can you send me to include in the slides? No rush: leaving Friday morning, so if you could get me your materials by tomorrow (Thursday), that would be great.
FYI, I will be talking about at least Continue reading
Once a year all WWALS members are invited to an annual meeting
to hear what WWALS has done for the last year and to elect some
of the board.
The board then holds a meeting to elect its officers and
to conduct its usual business.
This year it’s at the IHOP in Adel, Georgia, 7:30 PM Wednesday 9 July 2014.
Agenda for the Annual Meeting.
Agenda for the Board Meeting.
See you there!
-jsq
Clean natural water systems for drinking, agriculture, and recreation, now and in the future:
Georgia Water Coalition spelled those things out in six recommendations at its
recent partner meeting.
Dave Hetzel represented WWALS at that meeting.
Beginning of the Georgia Water Coalition Partners Meeting June 5, 2014 Report Prepared by Hans Neuhauser, Facilitator, Georgia Land Conservation Center: Continue reading
Albany TV covered yesterday’s WWALS Watershed Conference. First picture by Fox31, the rest by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman. WWALS video will follow.
Franklin White wrote for Fox31online yesterday, The importance of Watershed conservation,
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Gordon Rogers says, “it’s important to advocate for good management by our resource agencies within that framework of laws.”
Gordon says it hits home for him because the Flint River where he works ranks second on the american rivers endangered rivers list, a reason he says water management is such an important issue to the region.
He says, “it belongs to all of us. it’s the single largest asset that you’ll ever own is your river and your creek and you’re aquifer.”
Environmental Lobbyist Neill Herring says the goal is to restore and preserve the habitat, water quality and flow of the Flint and other rivers.
Herring says, “these natural resources particularly the water systems are their private property, they have a property interest in the water.”
And outside of the Flint, officials say there are four other major rivers to keep an eye on. those being Willacooche, Withlocooche, Alapha, and Little River systems.
“Cause it’s a rapidly moving political landscape. Operating wisely with this limited amount of water that you have,” says Gordon.
He says it’s important for local citizens to take ownership of the political process of their watershed. To learn more, visit the Watershed Coalitions website at WWALS.net.
How we manage water affects our water’s quality and quantity.
WWALS Watershed Coalition is pleased to announce a Water
Conference where Gordon Rogers, Flint Riverkeeper will share information on hydrology of the South Georgia
region and Neill Herring, Environmental Lobbyist, will discuss upcoming legislation that can affect our watersheds and aquifer. The
conference will take place in Tifton on Saturday, August 24, 2013
from 9:00 am until noon at the NESPAL, University of Georgia, Tifton
Campus at 2360 Rainwater Road.