The second Suwannee River Chainsaw Cleanup went well. Got a little hot in the middle, and rained towards the end.
![[Chainsawing deadfalls, Suwannee River 2023-06-10]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-10--suwannee-chainsaw-pictures/many.jpg)
Chainsawing deadfalls, Suwannee River 2023-06-10
But the rain came only after we cleared four deadfalls above Fargo Ramp and Reeves Landing: Continue reading
An anonymous photographer sent these pictures of the Nutrien Phosphate Mine in Hamilton County digging under CR 6 east of Jasper, heading north towards the GA-FL line.
Remember, the same phosphate deposits continue north into Echols County, Georgia.
![[Collage, Nutrien Phosphate Mine across CR 6]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-10--nutrien-phosphate-mine-pictures/many.jpg)
Collage, Nutrien Phosphate Mine across CR 6
I don’t know quite where these pictures were taken. But if I had to guess, probably somewhere a bit east of where the label is for Nutrien Phosphate Mine on this SRWT map. Continue reading
Update 2023-06-16: Very bad upstream Withlacoochee River 2023-06-15.
The Withlacoochee River and Little Rivers tested good for Thursday, and the Alapaha River for Tuesday. Unless it rains, happy swimming, boating, and fishing this weekend.
Or join us tomorrow on the Suwannee River Chainsaw Cleanup 2023-06-10.
![[Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map, 2023-06-08]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-08--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map, 2023-06-08
No new sewage spills have been reported. in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
The most recent results we have from Valdosta are for Monday upstream and for Friday a week ago downstream. Continue reading
Mary Beth Brownlee, new Executive Director of One Valdosta-Lowndes (OVL), got to see the site of the future Troupville River Camp and Nature Park.
![[Around Troupville River Camp and Nature Park --jsq]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-31--troupville-river-park/many.jpg)
Around Troupville River Camp and Nature Park –jsq
She and Georgia Power Southwest Regional Director Joe Brownlee and their daughter Elizabeth are only about the third party who have followed me around the entire river circumference of the site, down the Little River to its Confluence, and then up the Withlacoochee River back to GA 133.
WWALS Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman took many of these pictures. WWALS provided the visitors information about Troupville Nature Park and Troupville River Camp including letters of support from Valdosta and Lowndes County, Georgia, the Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber, Madison and Hamilton Counties, Florida, the Suwannee River Water Management District, and others.
Troupville River Camp is top of the project list for OVL, which is an economic development and well being organization. Continue reading
The Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) Board will decide whether to negotiate to buy Tanner Springs. This is a second magnitude spring on the left (west) bank of the Withlacoochee River a third of a mile downstream from Madison Boat Ramp and two and a third miles downstream from Madison Blue Spring. It is also known as HAM612981.
![[SRWMD Location Map, WWALS Photograph]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-13--srwmd-board/many.jpg)
SRWMD
Location Map,
WWALS Photograph
The 40-acre parcel has a 2023 market value of $86,000 and taxable value of $10,284. It was bought October 31, 2013, for $100 by Lena Faye C. Dixon, who wants to sell it to SRWMD.
GoTo Webinar Link:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3020434738864536413
Public Comment Form Link:
www.MySuwanneeRiver.com/Comments
Open to Public, June 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m., District Headquarters, Live Oak, Florida.
The board packet is on the WWALS website.
There are more images from the board packet below.
Continue readingUpdate 2023-06-09: Clean Rivers 2023-06-08.
The Withlacoochee River tested good for Thursday, and the Little River good enough. Rain is predicted, but if you can get in before that, happy swimming, boating, and fishing this weekend.
Or join us tomorrow evening at the Banks Lake Full Strawberry Moon Paddle.
![[Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-06-01]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-06-01--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-06-01
However, the Alapaha River at Sheboggy Boat Ramp tested bad for Monday. With worse a mile or so upstream below the City of Alapaha sewage settling ponds.
No new sewage spills have been reported. in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
The most recent results we have from Valdosta are for Wednesday upstream and for last Friday downstream. Continue reading
The May 2023 issue of FGS News and Research by the Florida Geological Survey has several articles relevant to the Suwannee River Basin.
On the Alapaha River Water Trail, Jennings Bluff Tract in Hamilton County Named as the Seventh State Geological Site covers what we reported from the site at the announcement. See also Continue reading
Update 2023-06-11: Crossings under CR 6 by Nutrien Phosphate Mine 2023-06-10.
A little birdie dropped these pictures, which were taken near Fivemile Still Road off of Woodpecker Route (CR 135), in Hamilton County, Florida, northeast of White Springs.
The locations are all less than a mile up Fivemile Still Road, which was closed above that.
![[Inside the Nutrien phosphate mine, Hamilton County, Florida]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-12--nutrien-phosphate-mine-pictures/many.jpg)
Inside the Nutrien phosphate mine, Hamilton County, Florida
Fivemile Still Road parallels Long Branch, which runs into the Suwannee River above Big Shoals Tract Launch.
Or did. Hard to say where Long Branch runs after all this mining. Continue reading
The Valdosta-Lowndes Chamber of Commerce, host of One Valdosta-Lowndes (OVL), invited WWALS to a reception for the new OVL Executive Director, Mary Beth Brownlee.
Mary Beth Brownlee was previously with Association County Commissioners of Georgia.
I congratulated her on her new appointment.
She agreed that Troupville River Camp is top of OVL’s project list. Continue reading
We saw the lally columns of Old Godwin Bridge, Bell Springs Run, Robinson Creek, Falling Creek, and we portaged around Big Shoals and paddled through Little Shoals, on the Suwannee River to White Springs Wayside Park Ramp, in a WWALS outing, Saturday, May 20, 2023.
![[Launch, Big Shoals, Little Shoals, Falling Creek, Wayside Park, Suwannee River 2023-05-20]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-20--big-shoals-suwannee-river-pictures/many.jpg)
Launch, Big Shoals, Little Shoals, Falling Creek, Wayside Park, Suwannee River 2023-05-20
Everyone had a good time in the balmy, breezy, partly-cloudy weather. The White Springs Gauge read 51.5 feet, which was perfect.
Plus a few small alligators.
Thanks to Dennis James Price for leading this one, and for pointing out the excellent lunch spot just below Big Shoals. Continue reading
![[FGS N&R Madison Blue Spring]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-01--fgs-news-research/many.jpg)
![[OVL E.D. Mary Beth Brownlee]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-23--one-valdosta-lowndes/many.jpg)