WWALS in the Ocilla Star Wednesday 13 February 2013, scan by Cindy Leighton:
This is from the WWALS press release of 10 January 2013 that also appeared in Tifton Gazette 18 January 2013.
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WWALS asks that Old State Road be kept open to the Alapaha River in Lowndes County
Letter from WWALS to Lowndes County Commission, signed Friday, mailed Saturday; the hearing is 5:30 PM today 12 February 2013, 327 North Ashley Street 2nd floor, Valdosta, GA.
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327 North Ashley Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
WWALS Watershed Coalition
www.wwals.net
Dear Lowndes County Commissioners,
Rules for river corridor protection –GA EPD
So
Georgia state law requires protection for perennial river corridors
and
the major rivers in the WWALS watersheds qualify as perennial rivers.
What are the rules?
Apparently to be a “Qualified Local Government” a comprehensive plan
including River Corridor Protection Plans with
protection for a natural vegetative buffer area
bordering each protected river is required.
Rules of Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Environmental Protection Division
Chapter 391-3-16
Rules for Environmental Planning Criteria
391-3-16-.04 Criteria for River Corridor Protection
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(1)(b) The Comprehensive Georgia Planning Act of 1989 provides for the development of coordinated and comprehensive planning by municipal and county governments. Such comprehensive plans shall consider the natural resources, environments, and vital areas within the jurisdiction of the local government. Maintenance of the status as a “Qualified Local Government” is contingent upon the development of such comprehensive plans (O.C.G.A. 50-8-1 et seq.).
What does perennial mean?
What does “perennial” mean in Georgia Mountain and River Corridor Protection Act, O.C.G.A. 12-2-8 (2010)?
According to Merriam-Webster:
Definition of PERENNIAL
1: present at all seasons of the year
For example, does the Alapaha River at Hotchkiss Landing
often (if ever) go dry?
No, there is pretty much always water there.
That Georgia state law, O.C.G.A. 12-2-8 (2010), has a more specific definition:
Continue readingFood and Water Watch Workshop @ FAMU
FAMU PR 9 February 2013 on WCTV.com, FAMU Teams Up to Promote Sustainable Food Support Systems,
TALLAHASSEE, FL- Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Statewide Small
Farm Program, Food & Water Watch (FWW) and the Crescent Moon Organic
Farm will host a food workshop titled “Building Sustainable
Food Support Systems.” The workshop is scheduled for Sunday,
Feb. 10 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Crescent Moon Organic Farm in
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Alapaha River at Hotchkiss Landing, Naylor, Lowndes County, GA, 1 Feb 2013
Scouting for a potential WWALS outing (since scheduled for 16 February 2013, two WWALS board members and three local residents went to look at Hotchkiss Landing on Old State Road at the Alapaha River in Lowndes County. Here are a few pictures; we also have videos, some of which will follow.
Looking west (upstream):
Oil drilling in our aquifer?
There’s a bill in the Florida House to drill for oil
in a state park in the same aquifer we drink out of.
A group is organizing through facebook and reddit and elsewhere to oppose this bill:
Continue readingSave Blackwater River State Forest
An alliance of citizens committed to protecting the beautiful Blackwater River State Forest from proposed House Bill 431, that would allow oil and mining in the forest.
WWALS in the Tifton Gazette
The Tifton Gazette carried the WWALS press release on Page 8A, Tuesday, January 15, 1013:
Veteran River Conservationist Gordon Rogers spoke to new WWALS Watershed Coalition
WWALS Watershed Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Veteran River Conservationist Gordon Rogers spoke to new WWALS Watershed Coalition
Adel, GA, 9 January 2013 — A local watershed group formed in June 2012, WWALS Watershed Coalition, invited Gordon Rogers, Flint Riverkeeper, to its first meeting of the new year to bring his experiences with the Altamaha, Satilla, and Flint Rivers to its conservation efforts on behalf of local blackwater rivers in south central Georgia.
Three newcomers, Garry Gentry, Dave Hetzel, Al Browning, Bret Wagenhorst, Gordon Rogers, Karan Rawlins, Gretchen Quarterman
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WWALS at Reed Bingham State Park 2012-10-22
WWALS had a brief canoe and kayak outing at Reed Bingham State Park Sunday, led by Bret Wagenhorst. Heading out, and some coppices of native trees.
