Two years of politics and less than an hour to install. And a fun summer solstice celebration!
![[Delivery, installation, WaterGoat]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-06-21--watergoat-sugar-creek/many.jpg)
Delivery, installation, WaterGoat
Today the WaterGoat the Valdosta Mayor announced a month ago was installed on Sugar Creek, where it should stop trash from getting into the Withlacoochee River.
This first trash boom (a steel cable with floats and a 12-inch mesh below it) is a good start. Continue reading
Update 2022-06-21: Valdosta Watergoat installed in Sugar Creek 2022-06-21.
Update 2022-05-21: QUARTERMAN in VDT: Sewage situation better, trash needs work 2022-05-21.
Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman asked for action about trash at the Valdosta City Council meeting yesterday, and two elected officials vied to announce that there was some action already.
![[Suwannee Riverkeeper, Andy Gibbs, Mayor James, Richard Hardy]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2022-05-19--vcc-trash-trap/many.jpg)
Suwannee Riverkeeper, Andy Gibbs, Mayor James, Richard Hardy
You can see it for yourself: Continue reading
This morning, Valdosta Mayor Scott James and Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman talked trash and river paddling on 92.1 FM talk radio.
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Movie: BIG Little River Paddle Race, Reed Bingham State Park 2022-04-30
Get your tickets today to join us tomorrow (Saturday) morning for the annual 3-mile WWALS BIG Little River Paddle Race down the idyllic blackwater Little River from Red Roberts Landing into Reed Bingham State Park Lake.
And another paddle next Saturday, May 7, 2022, on the Withlacoochee River from Langdale Park Boat Ramp to Sugar Creek. The Mayor promised to bring nets for trash. I’ll bring sawzalls for any deadfalls.
We mostly talked about the trash situation, in which the Mayor of Valdosta promised to get trash cans set out on the city’s own parking lots, starting with the ones across from City Hall. We discussed the cleanup award from GA-DNR I picked up in Atlanta Wednesday. Cleanups are great, but not enough. We also need trash traps to stop the stuff from getting out of the creeks into the rivers. And we need parking lot owners to keep trash from getting of their lots and to set out and clean out trash cans. Continue reading