The recent posts about Backyard hens,
Valdosta City School Gardens,
Planting by the moon,
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Pictures: Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers, WWALS Outing, 2014-09-21
Gretchen Quarterman took these pictures on the
Withlacoochee and Suwannee paddle: springs, shoals, and pipeline 21 Sept 2014.
This was a long outing Chris Mericle organized down two rivers with many people, past springs, shoald, and sinkholes,
and past the crossings formerly proposed by Spectra Energy for its Sabal “Sinkhole” Trail fracked methane pipeline before it moved upstream on the Suwannee,
as seen
2015-08-15 and
2015-11-15.
It was also before we started the
Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
Click on any small picture below to see a larger one.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Continue readingLowndes County Commission should represent people, not pipeline –WWALS to WCTV
Is less than 50 cents per person in Lowndes County enough to risk drinking water for all?
Noelani Mathews, 27 January 2016, Lowndes County Leaders Vote 4-1 for Sabal Trail,
A 4-1 vote Tuesday night has paved the way for the pipeline to run through part of Lowndes County, but some are upset about the Board’s decision.
“They’re suppose[d] to represent the people of the County, not the salesman for a pipeline company from Houston, Texas”, says John Quarterman, president of WWALS Watershed Coalition.
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WWALS Water Trail trailers 7PM tonight at VSU CAUSES mini-film festival 2016-01-23
April Huntley submitted a 90-second video about the
Alapaha River Water Trail,
and Gretchen Quarterman sent one in about the
BIG Little River Paddle Race on the
Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
Come cheer for them and other local community entries, 7PM tonight, Bailey Auditorium, VSU, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Pictures: A lovely short Little River paddle on a warm winter day 2016-01-16
Gretchen said:
“Oh, what a lovely short paddle on a warm winter day!”
She’d rather be on the river than in an airplane,
as you can see in these pictures she took
of the
WWALS outing from GA-122 in Lowndes County to Lawson Millpond Road in Brooks County yesterday, 16 January 2016.
More outings and events coming up:
- 8AM Saturday 20 February 2016: Long Alapaha River Paddle, GA 135 to Berrien Beach
- 1:30 PM Saturday 27 February 2016: Withlacoochee & Little River Water Trail Workshop
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9AM Sunday 20 March 2016:
Staten Road bridge to Langdale Park, Withlacoochee River through Valdosta
- 8AM Saturday 23 April 2016: Hotchkiss Road to Mayday, Alapaha River
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WWALS at Grand Bay –Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman 2015-12-12
It was a fine warm fall day for the Grand Bay Hike,
on the boardwalk through wet savannah and cypress and blackgum swamp
at
Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area,
which is on the
Alapaha River Water Trail.
Thanks to Bret Wagenhorst for organizing this outing.
Carol Cleary Herndon also posted a facebook album.
These pictures are from Gretchen Quarterman’s facebook album.
More outings coming up: Continue reading
WWALS Field Trip to proposed Sabal Trail Suwannee River Crossing –Pictures by John S. Quarterman 2015-11-15
You’ve seen Gretchen’s pictures;
here are some more,
including on land along the pipeline path through sinkholes,
of the informal outing from Suwannee River Campsites to Suwannee River State Park
past where Sabal Trail wants to gouge its 36-inch fracked methane pipeline under the Suwannee River.
This was Sunday 15 November 2015, days before the Tuesday the
Suwannee County, FL Commissioners unanimously voted a resolution to move Sabal Trail’s compressor station.
Suwannee BOCC
filed that resolution with FERC,
and has already
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Pictures: FL 6 to Cone Bridge, Suwannee River –Gretchen Quarterman 2015-11-22
A nice cloudy day on the iconic Suwannee River, with a ghost bridge. Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman on the November 22nd 2015 WWALS Outing from Florida 6 to Cone Bridge Road.
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WWALS informal outing on the Suwannee –Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman 2015-11-15
A nice Sunday afternoon from Suwannee Campsites to Suwannee River State Park.
WWALS held an informal outing for visitor Johanna deGraffenreid, Coastal Campaign Manager for Gulf Restoration Network, where she’s so newly hired she doesn’t have a picture on their staff page yet. You’ll be able to see her in action when Continue reading
Pictures: Lakeland to Hotchkiss Road, WWALS Outing –Gretchen Quarterman 2015-07-11
Update 2023-06-22: More Pictures: WWALS on The Rocks between Lakeland and Hotchkiss, Alapaha River 2015-07-11.
Pictures by Gretchen Quarterman of the
11 July 2015 WWALS outing on the Alapaha River.
Happy paddlers and an owl!
Lots more outings coming up, from the Little River to the Suwannee, the Alapaha again (continuing our exploration of the Alapaha River Water Trail), to Grand Bay, the Okefenokee Swamp, and of course the Withlacoochee River, where we went most recently last month.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
From Gretchen’s facebook album.
