Received today. -jsq
Good afternoon Mr. Quarterman,
As requested, the date for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Continue readingpresentation will be on May 6th to Mayor/Council at the work session which begins at 5:30 pm. The City will also have a meeting with the residents and businesses in the USACE project / study area that same night at 6:30 pm at the City Hall Annex – Multipurpose Room.
An interesting flyer pointed out by Emily Davenport,
Storm Water Utilities Director, City of Valdosta.
It has many useful
contacts on the front,
and
tips on the back (don’t walk or drive through flood waters)
but the most useful part is
inside,
where the flood-tracking chart is, in
Flood-tracking chart for the Withlacoochee and Little River Basins in south-central Georgia and northern Florida,
2014, by Gotvald, Anthony J.; McCallum, Brian E.; Painter, Jaime A.,
USGS General Information Product: 155.
Here are the gages mentioned in the chart, with links to the live USGS FloodTracking pages, Continue reading
Second annual BIG Little River Paddle Event
held on the sunny rescheduled Saturday morning 29 March 2014 at Reed Bingham State Park.
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Second annual BIG Little River Paddle Event
held on the sunny rescheduled Saturday morning 29 March 2014 at Reed Bingham State Park.
Second annual BIG Little River Paddle Event
held on the sunny rescheduled Saturday morning 29 March 2014 at Reed Bingham State Park.
The BIG Little River Paddle Event will take place this Saturday rain or shine, but may be delayed if there is thunder or lightning.
You can register online or at the event.
Stroud Water Center wrote in their Upstream Newsletter, VOL. 2014, ISSUE 1, February 2014,
Scientists Set Buffer Width Minimum Standard.
A strip of forest along a stream channel, also called a riparian forest buffer, has been proposed and used for decades as a best management practice to protect streams by filtering out contaminants from agriculture and other land uses before they can enter them.Their benefits are many, but one benefit has dominated social and political conversations, and that is their role in preventing contaminants from entering streams.
A few years ago, Stroud Water Research Center proposed that riparian forest buffers also play another important role by Continue reading
Interesting interactive map by
Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Georgia Outdoor Map.
Their PR of 14 March 2014,
DNR Launches Interactive Map of Recreational Lands,
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today unveiled an interactive map that identifies DNR-managed lands and outdoor recreation opportunities. The “Georgia Outdoor Map” includes state parks, wildlife management areas, public fishing areas, boat ramps, and historic sites. Users are able to search by category to find locations where they can camp, hunt, hike, fish or explore history.
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WWALS Outings Chair Bret Wagenhorst says:
Don’t forget, there is a great opportunity to enjoy the scenic beauty of one of our south GA blackwater rivers and help raise money for WWALS and Friends of Reed Bingham this coming Saturday, March 22 at The second annual BIG Little River Paddle Event. There is still time to register on line.
