The Tifton Gazette today printed
the WWALS PR about the logo contest
and the conference tomorrow.
Winners will be announced, prizes awarded, and the winninglogos unveiled at the
WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail Conference Continue reading
The Tifton Gazette today printed
the WWALS PR about the logo contest
and the conference tomorrow.
Winners will be announced, prizes awarded, and the winninglogos unveiled at the
WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail Conference Continue reading
Plus Chris Mericle has joined the WWALS Board, the board now meets quarterly, and much of the work is done through Committees, but the big addition is a map and access points for the Alapaha River Water Trail. Here’s PDF for printing, and images are below, all thanks to Karan Rawlins.
Update: 2015-06-08: See the new Alapaha River Water Trail Brochure, Map, and Card all in one!
Update 2015-03-10: Prizes to high school logo contest winners Saturday at Alapaha River Water Trail Conference.
Florida noticed the ARWT logo contest.
Joyce Marie Taylor, Jasper News, 19 January 2015,
HamCo: High school student logo contest for Alapaha River Water Trail by WWALS,
HCHS [Hamilton County High School] invited to participate
Valdosta, Ga.— Willacoochee, Withlacoochee, Alapaha, Little River System (WWALS) is excited to announce a contest among high school students in Echols, Lanier, Lowndes, Berrien, Atkinson, and Tift Counties in Georgia, and Hamilton County, Fla. to design a logo for the Alapaha River Water Trail. The logo will be used on the Water Trail website, on promotional brochures, and on information at access points along the river that will be posted on kiosks.
Our judges for the contest include:
The rest is verbatim from The WWALS press release of 14 January 2015.
-jsq
Update 2015-01-20: High school student logo contest for Alapaha River Water Trail by WWALS in Suwannee Democrat.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
High school student logo contest for Alapaha River Water Trail
Update 2015-03-11: Winners have been selected by the judges and prizes will be presented at the conference.
WWALS is excited to announce a contest among
high school students in Echols, Lanier, Lowndes, Berrien, Atkinson,
and Tift Counties in Georgia, and Hamilton County, Florida to
design a logo for the
Alapaha River Water Trail. The logo will be
used on the Water Trail website, on promotional brochures, and on
information at access points along the river that will be posted on
kiosks.
Our judges for the contest include:
Winners will be announced, prizes awarded, and the winning logo unveiled at the
WWALS Alapaha River Water Trail Conference Continue reading
WWALS Ambassador Dave Hetzel explains the
Alapaha River Water Trail: recreation through fishing, swimming, boating,
conservation, and economic benefits through heads on beds, restaurant
customers, gas, and outfitters. Continue reading
Bigger type than the rest of the page, and in the editorial column position:
Haley Hyatt, who took these pictures, noticed that about how the
Moultrie Observer
printed the
WWALS op-ed Friday 1 August 2014, as
“Much opposition”.
So that’s at least two newspapers so far, the other being the Ocala StarBanner. Continue reading
In the Tifton Gazette, WWALS receives Alapaha Water Trali grant,
27 July 2014,
from the
WWALS PR of 21 July 2014.
WWALS Ambassador Dave Hetzel found this, and I took the picture last night
at the first in-person Alapaha Water Trail Committee meeting.
So at least two newspapers carried the story. The other one was the Valdosta Daily Times, 22 July 2014, WWALS gets grant from river network, in which Matthew Woody added some detail beyond the press release. Continue reading
Statewide organization recognizes WWALS Watershed Coalition, plus local direct and indirect economic benefits of an Alapaha Water Trail, wrote the reporter who called me yesterday about the WWALS PR. -jsq
Matthew Woody wrote for the Valdosta Daily Times yesterday, WWALS gets grant from river network,
The Willacoochee, Withlacoochee, Alapaha, and Little River Systems Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) received a $500 Alapaha Water Trail Grant from the Georgia River Network. John Quarterman, president of WWALS, said that making a water trail on the Alapaha River involves mapping out the river and putting out guide posts. The maps will show where boat ramps are along the river.
This grant goes beyond maps and guide posts; it signifies that a statewide organization recognizes South Georgia rivers.
“The grant for the Alapaha Water Trail is Continue reading
WWALS receives Alapaha Water Trail grant from Georgia River Network
Adel, GA, July 21st 2014 — The statewide umbrella
group
Georgia River Network has
awarded a grant
to WWALS Watershed Coalition to help conserve the
mostly-undiscovered recreational and economic gem of
the Alapaha River by constructing an
Alapaha Water Trail (ART).
WWALS invites landowners, local governments, and the public
to participate.
Brown’s Guide to Georgia describes the Alapaha as “jungle-like in its remoteness and luxurious with exotic vegetation, the dark reddish-brown waters of the Alapaha wind through a swampy wonderland teeming with wildlife.”
A Water Trail or blueway will help more people see this local gem, raising awareness to conserve it, more than outweighing the minimal disturbance of signs and boats. WWALS will draw on GRN’s extensive experience with Water Trails on other rivers in Georgia.
WWALS will center the initial blueway section Continue reading