Live on the air now!
As soon as I mentioned we had hired a Development Director, Scott James invited Veronica Oakler on his radio show, 92.1 FM, this morning, 6-8:15 AM, live from Jasper, Florida.
Listen: talk921.com.
Veronica lives in Madison, so it was a short trip across the Withlacoochee River to Jasper.
![[Veronica Oakler on Scott James Radio 2023-04-28]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-28--talk921fm-cohost-veronica-oakler/many.jpg)
Veronica Oakler on Scott James Radio 2023-04-28
Event: facebook:
More about Veronica: Continue reading
https://www.facebook.com/events/754268986238088/
Register by May 2nd for this online Public Hearing on Thursday, May 4, 2023, from 11 AM to 7 PM EDT.
![[PFAS testing, Withlacoochee River, 2022-06-30]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-04--epa-pfas-meeting/many.jpg)
PFAS testing, Withlacoochee River, 2022-06-30
Public hearing to present information and receive public comment on the proposed PFAS NPDWR:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting a public hearing to present information and receive public comment on the proposed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The hearing will be held virtually on May 4, 2023, from 11am until 7pm eastern time. The number of online connections available for the hearing is limited and will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Persons wishing to attend this public hearing are requested to register in advance no later than May 2, 2023.
During the virtual hearing, there will be Continue reading
Join us for a leisurely Sunset and Full Moon Paddle, probably with bats.
When: Gather 7:15 PM, launch 7:45 PM, moonrise 8:30 PM, sunset 8:14 PM, end 9:30 PM, Friday, May 5, 2023
Put In: Banks Lake Boat Ramp, 307 Georgia 122, Lakeland, GA 31635, in Lanier County, on the Alapaha River Water Trail (ARWT).
Continue readingWhere to report:
https://wwals.net/report/
Update 2023-04-27: Name of the fisherman and the original poster, with link.
These fish pictures are getting shared around, and keep getting sent to Suwannee Riverkeeper. Here’s what the fish disease might be. If you see a fish like this, please stick it on ice and get it biopsied so you can know. Call us, so we can know, and we can help you find a lab.
I have provided some eye bleach for after you look at this picture.
The fish was caught in the Alapaha River in Berrien County, Georgia.
I’ve heard at least five theories for what is the problem with this fish, from most likely to least: Continue reading
Update 2023-05-14: Pictures: turtle rescue 2023-04-24.
Valdosta Community Protections Manager Anetra Riley yesterday told WWALS that City Marshalls have sent notices to all parking lot owners in Valdosta that they must follow city ordinances and place trash cans in their parking lots. Not just under the roofs at the store entrances: strategically placed, as the ordinance says.
![[Community Protections Manager Anetra Riley and trash cans in parking lot]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-24--trash-tour-with-turtle/many.jpg)
Community Protections Manager Anetra Riley and trash cans in parking lot
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman and Two Mile Branch neighbor Katherine Ball were pleased to hear this new ordinance enforcement initiative. This ordinance enforcement is one of many levels WWALS continues to advocate to fix the trash problem.
Anetra Riley also told us that something long promised by the Mayor on his radio show has finally happened: Continue reading
Update 2023-04-29: Nankin filthy, Withlacoochee River 2023-04-27.
WWALS tests were clean for Thursday on the Little, Withlacoochee, and Alapaha Rivers.
Rain is predicted, but not much.
No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
Happy boating, swimming, and fishing this weekend!
The most recent results we have from Valdosta are for Monday upstream and Wednesday week before last downstream. They generally Continue reading
Ahead of #earthday2023, we’re participating in “The Amazing Give.” It’s a 12-hour window for a day of giving on Thursday, April 20th, 2023, 8AM-8PM.
![[People of WWALS, The Amazing Give, What you support]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-20--amazing-give/many.jpg)
People of WWALS, The Amazing Give, What you support
Please contribute to this great cause and keep the 10,000 square
mile Suwannee basin clean, swimmable, fishable, and drinkable!
https://www.theamazinggive.org/organizations/wwals-watershed-coalition
-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/
Hahira, GA, April 20, 2023 — WWALS charter board member Bret Wagenhorst will guide a free tour of the Little River from Red Roberts Landing to Reed Bingham State Park Lake, at 8 AM to 3 PM, Saturday, April 29, 2023.
Paddlers will learn about natural history of the river, from flora and fauna to aspects of rivers and black water: oxbows, tannic acid, river foam, hairpin curves and breakthroughs, sloughs, silt deposition sides, etc. If more than 8 boats sign up, we will add another tour guide.
![[Bret Wagenhorst, paddlers on the Little River, 2022]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-29--blrpe/m2023.jpg)
Bret Wagenhorst, paddlers on the Little River, 2022
The tour will Continue reading
Here are some previously-unpublished videos of a string of rapids on the Alapaha River between US 84 and Mayday.
They include Continue reading
Update 2023-04-21: Clean WIthlacoochee River 2023-04-20.
Now that Kimberly Tanner is testing weekly at Naylor Park Beach, we’ve added it to Swim Guide.
![[Sites and Swim Guide Map 2023-04-18]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-18--naylor-beach-swim-guide/many.jpg)
Sites and Swim Guide Map 2023-04-18
Since Naylor Boat Ramp is only 300 feet upstream on the Alapaha River, we’ve add it to Swim Guide with the same testing results.
They are both in Naylor Park, which is owned by Lowndes County, Georgia, and operated by Valdosta-Lowndes Parks and Recreational Authority (VLPRA). Continue reading
![[Happy paddlers]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2021-05-26--full-flower-blood-super-moon-pictures/big/20210526_204947.jpg)
![[Infected fish 2023-04-19]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-19--alapaha-fish-infection/big/2023-04-19--fish-infection.jpg)
![[Chart, River, Swim Guide Map]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-20--wq/many.jpg)
![[River Bend Rapids, Overhanging branch dunk, Cow Shoals, Cow Creek, Fallers Award at Mayday, Alapaha River, 7 May 2016]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2016-05-07--us84-to-mayday-alapaha-river-videos/many.jpg)