Paddle with us 6.58 miles downstream on dark water with one set of shoals. People have reported seeing blue woodpeckers in the area as well as kingfisher and several others.
When: Gather 9:30 AM, launch 10:30 AM, end 5 PM, Saturday, February 24, 2024
Put In: Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 6499 Knights Ferry Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601, in Lowndes County.
GPS: 30.71205, -83.45554
![[Knights Ferry to Nankin, Withlacoochee River, 2022-12-17 and 2022-12-03]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-02-24--kf-nankin/many.jpg)
Knights Ferry to Nankin, Withlacoochee River, 2022-12-17 and 2022-12-03
Swim in the Itch head spring, during Iche Nippy Dip Day, the annual first-Saturday-in-January-that-is-not-New-Year-Day dip.
Then join us for a leisurely paddle 4 miles downstream in crystal clear waters with the possibility of seeing manatee, several types of gar and bird species. The launching spot has been recently upgraded to accommodate new ADA standards.
Iche Nippy Dip Day was founded by Earl Kinard (February 20, 1930 – March 27, 2022). He was there when WWALS dipped and paddled on January 4, 2020.
When: Gather 9:00AM (swim), launch 11 AM, end 2 PM, Saturday, January 6, 2024
Put In: Ichetucknee Headspring and Ichetucknee North Launch, Ichetucknee S.P. North Entrance, 8294 SW Elim Church Rd, Fort White, FL 32038, Columbia County.
GPS: 29.98292, -82.76053
![[Dippers, Put-in, Paddlers, 2020-01-04]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-01-06--iche-nippy-dip-day-swim-paddle/many.jpg)
Dippers, Put-in, Paddlers, 2020-01-04
WWALS President Sara Jay will preside over the WWALS Quarterly Board Meeting. The public is invited.
We will be reviewing the WWALS Gala including the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest and planning the next one. Also other outings and cleanups: see https://wwals.net/outings. As well as trash, sewage, water quality testing, opposition to mines (titanium, phosphate, and sand), water withdrawals, coal ash, pellet plants, and LNG export, as well as promotion of water trails and solar power: see https://wwals.net/issues/ And of course finances.
That’s for the entire 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin, in Georgia and Florida, including the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Alapahoochee, Little Alapaha, Little times two, New times two, Black, Dead, Sampson, Santa Fe, and Suwannee Rivers, and all their creeks, springs, sinks, ponds, and swamps, such as Grand Bay, Banks Lake and the Okefenokee Swamp.
When: 6 PM to 8 PM, Sunday, October 10, 2023
Where:
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89308028204?pwd=VmwyMzVTMVR6WGJxbUFUSlFXWFRWQT09
![[WWALS and Suwannee Riverkeeper Logos]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-10-08--wwals-board-agenda/WWALS-SuwRK-Logos.jpg)
WWALS and Suwannee Riverkeeper Logos
WWALS Board Meeting 6-10 PM Sunday 2023-10-08
WWALS President Sara Jay will preside over the WWALS Quarterly Board Meeting. The public is invited.
We will be reviewing the WWALS Gala including the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest and planning the next one. Also other outings and cleanups: see https://wwals.net/outings. As well as trash, sewage, water quality testing, opposition to mines (titanium, phosphate, and sand), water withdrawals, coal ash, pellet plants, and LNG export, as well as promotion of water trails and solar power: see https://wwals.net/issues/ And of course finances.
That’s for the entire 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin, in Georgia and Florida, including the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Alapahoochee, Little Alapaha, Little times two, New times two, Black, Dead, Sampson, Santa Fe, and Suwannee Rivers, and all their creeks, springs, sinks, ponds, and swamps, such as Grand Bay, Banks Lake and the Okefenokee Swamp.
When: 6 PM to 8 PM, Sunday, October 10, 2023
Where: Online via zoom, so you don’t even have to go anywhere. The zoom parameters will follow, as will an agenda.
![[WWALS Board Meeting 6-10 PM Sunday 2023-10-08]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-10-08--wwals-board-notice/many.jpg)
WWALS Board Meeting 6-10 PM Sunday 2023-10-08
The public is invited:
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM, Sunday, 16 April 2023
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89308028204?pwd=VmwyMzVTMVR6WGJxbUFUSlFXWFRWQT09
One tap mobile: +13092053325,,89308028204#,,,,*392346#
WWALS President Sara Jay will preside over the WWALS Quarterly Board Meeting. The public is invited.
![[Spook Bridge, Agenda 2023-04-16]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-16--wwals-board-agenda/many.jpg)
PDF of the agenda
We will be discussing the BIG Little River Paddle Event, the WWALS Gala including the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, and other outings and cleanups: see https://wwals.net/outings. As well as trash, sewage, water quality testing, opposition to mines (titanium and phosphate), water withdrawals, coal ash, pellet plants, and LNG export, as well as promotion of water trails and solar power: see https://wwals.net/issues/ And of course finances. New WWALS Development Director Veronica Oakler will report.
That’s for the Continue reading
Update 2023-04-16: Agenda and zoom parameters.
Update 2023-03-30: The correct date is Sunday, April 16.
WWALS President Sara Jay will preside over the WWALS Quarterly Board Meeting. The public is invited.
We will be discussing the BIG Little River Paddle Event, the WWALS Gala including the Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, and other outings and cleanups: see https://wwals.net/outings. As well as trash, sewage, water quality testing, opposition to mines (titanium and phosphate), water withdrawals, coal ash, pellet plants, and LNG export, as well as promotion of water trails and solar power: see https://wwals.net/issues/ And of course finances. New WWALS Development Director Veronica Oakler will report.
That’s for the entire 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin, in Georgia and Florida, including the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Alapahoochee, Little Alapaha, Little times two, New times two, Black, Dead, Sampson, Santa Fe, and Suwannee Rivers, and all their creeks, springs, sinks, ponds, and swamps, such as Grand Bay, Banks Lake and the Okefenokee Swamp.
When: 6 PM to 8 PM, Sunday, April 16, 2023
Where: Online via zoom, so you don’t even have to go anywhere. The zoom parameters will follow, as will an agenda.
We got 577 pounds of trash and a bunch of tires out of Sugar Creek, as part of the River and Creek Cleanup, Lowndes County, Valdosta, and WWALS 2020-10-10. Probably more than that; that number is from one record sheet.
![[Tire boat, trash ashore and recorded]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2020-10-10--cleanup-pictures/many.jpg)
Tire boat, trash ashore and recorded
WLRWT, Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail, Withlacoochee River, Special thanks to Bobby McKenzie, Scotti Jay, Tom Potter, Sara Jay, Elizabeth Brunner, and Joe Johnson, among WWALS regulars, plus at least seventeen more volunteers. And thanks to Current Problems for coming up from Gainesville, Florida, to help.
This was a very productive cleanup, getting some trash out of Sugar Creek before it got to the Withlacoochee River. It makes Continue reading
WWALS will have an aid station at Wayside Park in White Springs, Florida, near the end of the 2023 Suwannee River Ididahike.
North Florida Trailblazers support WWALS, so we support them.
![[Ididahike, Suwannee River Wayside Park Ramp]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-18--ididahike/many.jpg)
Ididahike, Suwannee River Wayside Park Ramp
If you want to volunteer at the WWALS booth, or just come see us, that’s Wayside Park is on the south (downstream) side of the US 41 bridge over the Suwannee River. The entrance is off of eastbound US 41 before the bridge. GPS 30.3255, -82.739167
Thanks to Sara Jay for organizing the table.
To go on the hike, you need to Continue reading
Here is the agenda, as well as the zoom parameters, for the WWALS Quarterly Board Meeting, WWALS President Sara Jay presiding, January 8, 2023. The public is invited.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89308028204?pwd=VmwyMzVTMVR6WGJxbUFUSlFXWFRWQT09
One tap mobile: +13092053325,,89308028204#,,,,*392346#
We will be discussing Continue reading
WWALS President Sara Jay will preside over the WWALS Quarterly Board Meeting. The public is invited.
We will be discussing the Chairman and Mayor’s Paddle, the BIG Little River Paddle Event, and other outings and cleanups: see https://wwals.net/outings. As well as trash, water quality testing, opposition to mines, water withdrawals, coal ash, pellet plants, and LNG export, as well as promotion of water trails and solar power: see https://wwals.net/issues/ And of course finances.
That’s for the entire 10,000 square mile Suwannee River Basin, in Georgia and Florida, including the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Alapahoochee, Little times two, New times two, Santa Fe, and Suwannee Rivers, and all their creeks, springs, sinks, ponds, and swamps, such as Grand Bay, Banks Lake and the Okefenokee Swamp.
When: 6 PM to 8 PM, Sunday, January 8, 2023
Where: Online via zoom, so you don’t even have to go anywhere. The zoom parameters will follow, as will an agenda.
![[Square WWALS and Suwannee Riverkeeper logos]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/logo/square-wwals-suwrk-logos.jpg){kind=logo}
![[NFTB Postcard Ididahike]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-18--ididahike/NFTB_postcard_ididahike.jpg)
![[Three-page agenda 2023-01-08]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-01-08--wwals-board-agenda/many.jpg)