Come to the Gaskins Forest Education Center near Alapaha, Georgia, for an education opportunity about the piney woods and WWALS and the Alapaha River Water Trail.
When: Setup 12 PM, Festival starts 1 PM, ends 5 PM, Saturday, April 22, 2023
Put In: Gaskins Forest Education Center, 3359 Moore Sawmill Rd., Alapaha, Georgia 31622, FMI
![[WWALS Booth, Gaskins Forest Education Center 2022-04-23]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-22--day-in-the-woods/many.jpg)
WWALS Booth, Gaskins Forest Education Center 2022-04-23
We showed maps, pictures, and the EnviroScape to students brought by the Colquitt / Moultrie Boys and Girls Clubs, at the Gaskins Forest Education Center (GFEC) near Alapaha, Georgia.
We also discussed water trails, water quality testing, trash, and how to stop it being produced.
Gretchen Quarterman and her granddaughters Elleanor and Hazel Williams did most of the teaching. They especially like using the EnviroScape to show how watr flowing downhill carries all sorts of things with it.
Thanks to Amanda Rollins of Georgia Forestry Foundation for inviting us again this year.
Thanks to Heather Brasell, as always, for providing the venue. GFEC is near the Alapaha River on the WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT). Moultrie is on Okapilco River, as they call Okapilco Creek in Colquitt County. All above the Floridan Aquifer, from which we all drink with straws.
Heather is also a former WWALS Board member and a current WWALS water quality tester.
Here is video of a WWALS Webinar she did: The effects of forest management on water quality –Heather Brasell, WWALS Webinar 2024-11-14. Continue reading
Come see us in the woods near Alapaha, Georgia, at A Day in the Woods, an annual event by Gaskins Forest Education Center (GFEC), near the Alapaha River.
WWALS members can help with the WWALS booth.
![[A Day in the Woods, Alapaha River 2026-04-11, Gaskins Forest Education Center, A friendly festival]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2026-04-11--a-day-in-the-woods/fbmany.jpg)
A Day in the Woods, Alapaha River 2026-04-11, Gaskins Forest Education Center, A friendly festival
Thanks to Heather Brasell of GFEC for holding this festival.
When: Gather 12 PM, launch 1 PM, end 5 PM, Saturday, April 11, 2026
Put In: Gaskins Forest Education Center, 3359 Moore Sawmill Rd., Alapaha, Georgia 31622
A Day in the Woods is always fun, at Gaskins Forest Education Center (GFEC) near Alapaha, Georgia.
Coming up again April 11, 2026.
Here are some pictures from 2025.
Thanks to WWALS volunteers Gretchen Quarterman, Shirley Kokidko, and Cindy Vedas for helping at the WWALS Booth.
Thanks to Heather Brasell for holding this event at GFEC.
For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page, https://wwals.net/outings/. Continue reading
Heather Brasell got WWALS water quality testing trainer Gretchen Quarterman invited to talk about water quality with students from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC). They did this in the classroom at the Gaskins Forest Education Center (GFEC) and onsite at streams coming from the Town of Alapaha Wastewater Treatment Plant.
They did the classroom part at Gaskins Forest Education Center (GFEC), 3359 Moore Sawmill Rd, Alapaha, GA 31622, in Berrien County. Gretchen talked about what watersheds are, about the watersheds of the Suwannee River Basin, about WWALS, and generally about Georgia Adopt-A-Stream water quality testing such as WWALS does. Continue reading
Thanks, Heather Brasell for helping Gretchen Quarterman at the WWALS Booth at the Alapaha Station Celebration in Alapaha, Georgia, near Sheboggy Boat Ramp on the Alapaha River, the most upstream public landing on the WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail.
Notice the new tablecloth with the Suwannee Riverkeeper logo. Much easier than tying a banner to the front of the table.
![[Alapaha Station Celebration, Alapaha, Georgia, Thanks, Gretchen and Heather, Heavy Rain 2025-11-08]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-11-08--alapaha-station-celebration-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
Alapaha Station Celebration, Alapaha, Georgia, Thanks, Gretchen and Heather, Heavy Rain 2025-11-08
Gretchen wrote:
Sun is out at the WWALS Booth at Alapaha Station Celebration. Continue reading
Come see the WWALS Booth at this festival near Alapaha, Georgia. WWALS Members can volunteer to help with this education opportunity.
When: Gather 12 PM, festival 1 PM, end 5 PM, Saturday, April 12, 2025
Put In: Gaskins Forest Education Center, 3359 Moore Sawmill Rd., Alapaha, Georgia 31622
![[A Day in the Woods, Gaskins Forest Education Center, Alapaha River, Alapaha, GA 2025-04-12]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-04-12--a-day-in-the-woods/fbmany.jpg)
A Day in the Woods, Gaskins Forest Education Center, Alapaha River, Alapaha, GA 2025-04-12
According to the Gaskins Forest Education Center (GFEC), A Day in the Woods “is a non-commercial community event for people of all ages and backgrounds. Over 40 presenters with hands-on activities and interactive demonstrations related to natural resources. Varied fire demonstrations.” Continue reading
Heather Brasell demonstrated why she is the 2023 Tree Farmer of the Year of the American Tree Farm System, in a thorough discussion of many aspects of forest management, from water quality testing to logging, replanting, prescribed burns, and herbicides, to educating the public.
As she said, forestry is more than just Best Management Practices, and sustainable forestry is more than replanting trees. Plus good stewardship costs money that may not be offset by income.
Here is the video:
https://youtu.be/WLyaMNlBAx4
She spoke in a WWALS Webinar via zoom on the impacts of forest management on water quality, from noon to 1 PM, Thursday, November 14, 2024. WWALS president Sara Squires Jones gave a brief introduction before Heather spoke, and the last ten minutes were for questions and answers.
![[Forest Management and Waterways, Heather Brasell, GEFC, WWALS Webinar 2024-11-14]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-11-14--heather-brasell-forest-management-waterways-wwals-webinar-video/fbmany.jpg)
Forest Management and Waterways, Heather Brasell, GEFC, WWALS Webinar 2024-11-14
This is the same topic as when Heather spoke at the Continue reading
Update 2024-11-18: Video: The effects of forest management on water quality –Heather Brasell, WWALS Webinar 2024-11-14.
Heather Brasell will speak on the impacts of forest management on water quality, by zoom from noon to 1 PM, Thursday, November 14, 2024.
![[Effects of Forest Management on Water Quality 2024-11-14, Heather Brasell, WWALS Webinar]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-11-14--heather-brasell-forest-management-waterways-wwals-webinar/fbmany.jpg)
Effects of Forest Management on Water Quality 2024-11-14, Heather Brasell, WWALS Webinar
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpd-iqrDkuGtV59UFeunR2rGYoX_KDdPsp
Here’s a facebook to encourage people to attend:
https://www.facebook.com/events/936192075233375/
But you must register for the zoom.
This is the same topic as when she spoke at the WWALS River Revue 2024, but in this WWALS Webinar she gets 45 minutes instead of 20 minutes.
WWALS president Sara Squires Jones will give a brief introduction, Heather will speak, and the last ten minutes will be for questions and answers.
Heather Brasell is the Founder of the Gaskins Forest Education Center, Alapaha, Georgia. Continue reading
Hahira, GA, August 21, 2024 — The five finalists will play at the Finals of the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, at the WWALS River Revue, Saturday, September 7, 2024, at the Turner Center for the Arts, in Valdosta, Georgia. The audience and the three judges will watch and listen. The judges will award prizes, and the winner will sing again.
![[Five Finalists Selected, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2024]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-09-07--songwriting/finalists-selected.jpg)
Five Finalists Selected, Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2024
This is all after dinner and after Dr. Jason Evans of Stetson University in Florida talks about his long detective work to determine water lettuce is indeed native, and Heather Brasell of the Gaskins Forest Education Center in Georgia talks about the effects of forest management on water. There will also be a silent auction in this fundraiser to benefit WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.
One entry, a duo, is from Tennessee and Georgia: Robert Thatcher of Signal Mountain, TN, and Tom Brown of Dalton, GA.
Two are from Georgia: David Rodock of Adel, and Bill Berry of Valdosta.
Two are from Florida: Sweet William Ennis of Palatka, and Rachel Grubb of Lake City.
Continue reading![[Children and Working Forests at Gaskins Forest Education Center, Georgia Forestry Foundation, Colquitt/Moultrie B&G Club 2025-06-06]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-06-06--working-forests-gfec-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
![[Pictures: A Day in the Woods, Alapaha River 2025-04-12, Gaskins Forest Education Center, Thanks, WWALS volunteers]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-04-12--a-day-in-the-woods-pictures/fbmany.jpg)
![[WWALS teaching ABAC students about water quality @ GFEC, Watersheds and microbes, plants and animals 2025-11-21]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2025-11-21--aas-abac-gfec/many.jpg)