Update 2024-03-09: Clean rivers and creek 2024-03-06.
I got there just after the speeches, and before the ribbon cutting. During the lab tour and after, Malia Thomas interviewed me for WTXL TV, and of course Jason Barnes, Valdosta Acting Utilities Director.
![[Ribbon cutting, Valdosta water quality lab tour, WTXL reporting 2024-03-05]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2024-03-05--wwtp-wq-lab-ribbon-cutting-pictures/igmany.jpg)
Ribbon cutting, Valdosta water quality lab tour, WTXL reporting 2024-03-05
Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson said he mentioned me favorably during his speech. Continue reading
2023-09-25: Winners: Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest 2023-09-22.
At 8AM, Monday morning, September 18, 2023, I’ll be on
talk921.com
to say that Monday is the last day to get tickets
for the WWALS River Revue:
https://www.betterunite.com/WWALS-wwalsriverrevue2023/
![[Michael Smith, Talk921.com, Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman, WWALS River Revue]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-09-18--river-revue-radio/many.jpg)
Michael Smith, Talk921.com, Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman, WWALS River Revue
The WWALS River Revue will be 6-10 PM, Friday, September 22, 2023, at the Annette Howell Turner Center for the Arts, 527 N Patterson Street, Valdosta, GA 31601.
There will be a catered meal, with cash bar, plus a silent auction, a 50-50 raffle, and a kayak raffle.
M.C. Chuck Roberts will present three speakers, as well as WWALS board members and others about what WWALS does.
Chuck will also present three judges who will listen to ten finalists in the Sixth Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest, and pick winners.
On the radio Monday morning we’ll also talk about what WWALS does that the WWALS River Revue supports: water trails, cleanups including chainsaw cleanups, and water quality testing.
The main purpose of WWALS is advocacy, including trying to reduce trash, sewage, PFAS, and other contamination in the Suwannee River Basin, and opposing LNG, pipelines, mines, and other threats to our waterways.
Plus we try to change the legal and regulatory playing field, by supporting the Florida petition to get a Right to Clean and Water (RTCW) on the ballot for a state constitutional amendment, and preparing for RTCW in Georgia.
https://wwals.net/issues/right-to-clean-water/
Facebook event for the radio show: https://www.facebook.com/events/3454871811400514/
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/
Update 2023-08-30: Cancelled due to no power at the radio station.
Assuming there is power tomorrow morning after Hurricane Idalia, Chuck Roberts will interview Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman on the radio about sewage, trash, water quality testing, outings, and the WWALS River Revue.
When: 7:30 AM, Thursday, August 31, 2023
Put In: Talk921.com, 92.1 FM.
Chuck is also the M.C. for this first WWALS sit-down dinner fundraiser, which will be at the Turner Center for the Arts in Valdosta, 6-10 PM, Friday, September 22, 2023.
The WWALS River Revue will include food, cash bar, three speakers, silent auction, kayak raffle, and ten songwriter finalists in the Sixth Annual Suwannee Riverkeeper Songwriting Contest.
Tickets are available online in advance only:
https://www.betterunite.com/WWALS-wwalsriverrevue2023/
Follow the same link for donating to the silent auction or becoming a sponsor.
![[Chuck Roberts, Talk 92.1 FM, Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman, WWALS River Revue]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-08-31--wwals-river-revue-talk921-radio/many.jpg)
Chuck Roberts, Talk 92.1 FM, Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman, WWALS River Revue
Update 2023-07-24: Redesignation as Recreational, Withlacoochee River, GA 37 to Tiger Creek 2023-07-19
Suwannee Riverkeeper about Valdosta sewage spills yesterday on WTXL.TV, “It’s bad for people, it’s bad for wild life, it’s also bad for the economy. Valdosta is trying to be a place for ecotourism, and you’re not really helping that if you have sewage spills, if you have trash in the creeks and rivers,” [John S.] Quarterman said.
Come to Sugar Creek behind the Salty Snapper this morning at 9AM and hear more.
![[Reporter, Suwannee Riverkeeper, Valdosta Utilities Director 2023-07-21]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-07-21--valdosta-sewage-wtxl/many.jpg)
Reporter, Suwannee Riverkeeper, Valdosta Utilities Director 2023-07-21
Ariel Schiller, ABC27 WTXL, July 21, 2023, City of Valdosta working to fix outdated sewer system, Continue reading
All about the Mayor and Chairman’s Paddle this Saturday at Troupville Boat Ramp just west of Valdosta, down to Spook Bridge on the Withlacoochee River: Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson and Suwannee Riverkeeper talked about that on his 92.1 FM radio show Tuesday.
Plus trash, sewage, and you can help stop a strip mine too near the Okefenokee Swamp.
Thanks to the Mayor for being a good sport about being grilled about the numerous recent Valdosta sewage spills, totalling almost a million gallons. You can see the bypass pump from his driveway. Continue reading
![[Bypass, Talk92.1 FM, Two Mile Branch, Lee Street Trash Trap, Suwannee Riverkeeper, Valdosta Mayor Scott James Matheson]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-02-28--radio-pictures/many.jpg)