With James Bell whose Mitchell Co. land is being bulldozed right now. He made a video statement which we will post later.
The Valdosta Daily Times sent a reporter to this event, Protect Withlacoochee River from Sabal Trail @ US 84 2016-09-17, #NoDAPL, #NoSabalTrail, #WaterIsLife. The reporter indicated a story would probably appear Monday or Tuesday.
Update 2016-09-26: The VDT story appeared Friday.
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Update 2016-09-23: Sabal Trail protests continue, Valdosta Daily Times, 2016-09-23.
Update 2016-09-17: James Bell with WWALS at Withlacoochee US 84 bridge.
Update 2016-09-16: James Bell of the family being bulldozed right now by Sabal Trail will be at the US 84 Withlacoochee bridge with us 9AM Saturday morning.
Get in the picture on the bridge with boats at the proposed pipeline crossing in the background, on US 84 over the Withlacoochee River, half way between Quitman and Valdosta, GA. You, and the news media, too, are invited this Saturday 9AM! You may have seen Tuesday’s Suwannee River action on WCTV; you can come join us at the Withlacoochee River Saturday. No Dakota Access Pipeline #NoDAPL, No Sabal Trail #NoSabalTrail, #WaterIsLife.
Help demand the Army Corps re-evaluate its permit for Sabal Trail just like its permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). Both pipelines should be canceled: keep it in the ground!
This WWALS Outing is part of the Continue reading
8AM Friday morning WWALS will be on Chris Beckham’s drive-time radio show.
WWALS president John S. Quarterman will be talking about
Saturday morning’s Suwannee River paddle outing
and other outings upcoming on the Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers,
along with other developments on the
Alapaha River Water Trail and the
Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail,
along with
many other things WWALS does.
Plus what you can do about
the FERC rubberstamp of the Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline
drilling under the Withlacoochee and Suwannee Rivers.
When: 8:00 7:30AM Friday September 2nd 2016
Where: Continue reading
Eventually we want kiosks like at state parks, but we’re toying with these
as temporary measures for
the dozen landings of the
Alapaha River Water Trail and the two dozen landings of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail.
That’s a realtor information box that holds 8.5×11″ paper, bought for $13 at Lowe’s, on a plain old 5-foot steel electric fence post, about $3.50 from various sources such as Tractor Supply, easily installable with a bazooka, er, I mean a $25 Post Driver.
Smaller boxes, such as 5.5″ wide, are available for $6 each or less. So that’s a total of $10-20 for each sign and post. WWALS has money to pay for some of these to start
Now we could use permission from the various county and state agencies to install the signs.
Or funding from counties, chambers, or the like for building and installing kiosks. Those are more expensive, more like $1,000 each. However, with local labor (school class project?) they could cost a lot less, and even less if parts were donated.
Fortunately, many of the landings in Florida already have kiosks supplied by their local counties. But most of the landings are in Georgia, and few of them have kiosks.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Sunday morning on the tea-colored Withlacoochee River in north Florida in fall: come join us!
When: 10AM Sunday October 9th 2016
Put in: Madison Highway on the Georgia side, also known as GA 31 Ramp (SRWMD) or State Line Ramp (GA DNR) or CR 145 Bridge Launch (FDEP). 30.635933, -83.311103
Directions: Continue reading
WWALS paddle outing, Nankin to Madison Highway, Withlacoochee River, July 9th 2016.
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You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
Here are the winners of the
Fourth Annual BIG Little River Paddle Race held Saturday May 21, 2016 at Reed Bingham State Park.
Including four time winner… see below.
On a fine Saturday morning, 34 people paddled, 18 male and 16 female, 19 in kayaks and 15 in canoes.
At this event to benefit Friends of Reed Bingham Park (FORB) and WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS), WWALS board member Bret Wagenhorst officiated as usual, this time assisted in handing out prizes by WWALS PR Committee member Amy Wiegenstein. Other board members of FORB and WWALS were present
Overall winner: Continue reading
You are invited this Saturday morning to Reed Bingham State Park (between Adel and Moultrie)
for a morning of sun, fun, cypress, turtles, and don’t pet the alligator
at the fourth annual
BIG Little River Paddle Race.
You can register online (follow the link)
or at the site (also follow the link for details).
And Phil Hubbard’s special offer is still open: he will pay for two
free registrations.
If interested, send email wwalswatershed@gmail.com; first two received win.
Lots of prizes in numerous categories, including $100 for first prize. Plus Phil Hubbard also made and we have available the WWALS Fallers Plaque, which you may win if you inadvertently fall into the water. Thanks again to Bret Wagenhorst of Tifton for organizing the paddle race.
Here’s video of me talking about that on Chris Beckhams’s radio show, WVGA 105.9 FM the morning of May 16th: Continue reading
Update 2016-05-19: video of the radio interview, and don’t forget the paddle race is this Saturday!
Everybody listens to the radio in the car on the way to work,
and Monday morning 8:00 AM I’ll be talking about
the BIG Little River Paddle Race:
community, water, trees, birds, fish, sunshine, and fun! $50 cash prize for first place, plus awards in numerous categories, or just paddle leisurely.
It’s the fourth annual at Reed Bingham State Park, between Adel and Moultrie, on the border of Cook and Colquitt Counties, only 40 minutes from Valdosta.
The Paddle Race is weekend after next, Saturday, May 21st, and you can sign up online or at the event.
Before that, a radio show to talk about the paddle race.
When: 8:00AM Monday May 16th 2016
Where: 105.9 FM WVGA, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia
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Shoals, creeks, and help us find MacIntyre Spring on the Brooks County side of the Withlacoochee River just before Florida.
When: 8AM Saturday July 9th 2016
facebook event.
Put in: Nankin Boat Ramp, 6899 Clyattville-Nankin Rd, Valdosta, GA 31601, 30.675192, -83.394143.
Take out: Madison Highway Boat Ramp, Madison Highway at the Florida State Line in Lowndes County, Georgia, 30.635933, -83.311103.
Duration: 9.1 miles, about 5 hours.
Shuttle: Continue reading