What do you think of the
April 26th 2015 draft map of the
Alapaha River Water Trail?
How about the table of access points?
And water levels? What do you think is too high or too low on each gauge for paddling?
Here’s your chance to help tune the materials before WWALS goes to press in the next week or two with maps, brochures, and cards for the Alapaha River Water Trail.
-jsq
A major feature of coastal plain blackwater rivers is their tea color,
ranging from yellow to red,
from tannins from oak trees.
Pretty close to it is the background color of this paragraph, RGB #FF9933,
or 0 40 80 0 CMYK,
or Pantone Solid Coated 1375 C.
Here are some examples from three of WWALS’ rivers.
Come see for yourself at upcoming WWALS outings, such as:
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LEE COUNTY
STATE OF GEORGIA
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SABAL TRAIL TRANSMISSION, LLC,
Plaintiff,
vs.
JAMES E. BELL, II and ROBERT A. BELL,
Defendants. |
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Civil Action No. 14-CV-208RS
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AMICUS CURIAE OF WWALS WATERSHED COALITION, Inc.
IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS THE BELLS
COMES NOW WWALS WATERSHED COALITION, INC. (WWALS), as friends of the court and concerned citizens in the above-entitled action in support of the Defendants and file this their brief with the court in the above referenced case and states as follows and provides in support thereof the following:
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WG Bailey posted
a marvelous series of photographs
of
A Day in the Woods at Gaskins Forest Education Center
Saturday, including this picture of WWALS Ambassador Dave Hetzel.
-jsq
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.
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Pregistration remains open throughout April for the May 16th paddle race
at Reed Bingham State Park, to benefit WWALS and FORBS.
Sunshine, great blue herons, turtles, and good fun.
Bret Wagenhorst says:
Feel free to share it with whomever might be interested and to post it on the web or on walls wherever it might get some attention.
You can register online, or print the registration form at that link and mail in with a check. Preregistration lasts through April ($20 per boat plus $5/vehicle park entrance fee).
The price goes up after May 1st or at the event ($30/boat plus $5/vehicle), 8AM Saturday morning May 16th 2015 at Red Roberts Landing on Rountree Bridge Road off I-75 Exit 41.
Printable PDF.
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The public is invited. Facebook event. -jsq
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Draft Agenda (revised again 2015-04-06)
WWALS Board
7:30 PM Wed. 8 April 2015
IHOP Adel, GA
For remote attendees:
Dial-in Number: (712) 432-1212
Meeting ID: 974-054-025
Atlanta is surrounded by pipelines, says the AJC reporter and photographer who came to to Dougherty, Colquitt, and Lowndes Counties in February.
Dan Chapman, AJC, 3 April 2015, South Georgia pipeline plan fuels fight,
Valdosta — Southwest Georgia is roiling mad over a proposed gas pipeline to Florida that virtually nobody in Atlanta, except Ted Turner, has heard about.
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We’ve already seen Hamilton County’s RESOLUTION 2015-02 of 3 March 2015. Madison County followed 11 March 2015, as reported by Merrillee Malwitz-Jipson for Our Santa Fe River, The Commissioners of Madison County—THEY ROCK!!
This morning the Commissioners of Madison County concluded their business by unanimously signing a resolution to ban fracking and to support the bills in Tallahassee which do that. County Attorney Tommy Reeves was johnny-on-the-spot ready with the resolution so there was no delay there.
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Yes, it seems like robbery, and no, we don’t have to tolerate any of this.
Satilla Riverkeeper’s board member Clay Montague wrote in the Camden County Tribune & Georgian 26 March 2015, Don’t risk river for foreign oil sales,
Dear Editor,
A fuel pipeline across the Satilla River is a danger to our county. Imagine a broken pipe spilling fuel into the Satilla for just one day.
Kinder Morgan’s proposed pipeline would transport 167,000 barrels per day of refined petroleum products to Jacksonville, Fla. It will likely cross the Satilla about a mile downstream of Burnt Fort. The river is tidal there. Any spill will quickly head both directions, spreading fuel into swamps and marshes, killing fish and trees, and reach the beaches of Cumberland and Jekyll.
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