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/
Update 2023-05-01: Agenda: Upper and Middle Suwannee River MFL webinar and followon WebBoard meetings 2023-05-02 2023-05-02.
SRWMD is having a third Upper & Middle Suwannee River MFL meeting, 1 PM, May 2, 2023, via webinar.
This meeting is not listed on the District’s corresponding web page. And it is not listed in the calendar the meeting notice refers to.
The notice apparently is only posted as Notice: 27066509 in the Florida Administrative Code & Florida Administrative Register.
Ditto for the series of followon WebBoard meetings.
The Suwannee River Water Management District announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.
DATE AND TIME: May 2, 2023, 1:00 p.m.
PLACE: Continue reading
Update 2023-08-27: Pictures: Sullivan Launch to Florida Campsites, Withlacoochee River 2023-07-15.
Join us for a leisurely paddle by second magnitude Hardee Spring and other springs, as well as Fennels Funnel, a sinkhole leading to the extensive M2 Blue cave system, and Chitty Bend East Distributary, where some of the Withlacoochee River runs into the woods into some swallets.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 2:30 PM, Saturday, July 15, 2023
Put In: Sullivan Launch, The first public access point in Florida to the blackwater Withlacoochee River, Sullivan launch is a narrow concrete launch with free parking and a picnic area, but no picnic tables. It is in the Sullivan Tract of Twin Rivers State Park. From Pinetta, Madison County, FL, travel east on CR 150; turn right at the bridge and follow road to the launch south of the river bridge. Downstream it’s 8.8 miles or about 4.4 miles to paddle to Florida Campsites Ramp. First thing you’ll see is the twisted remains of the old Bellville Bridge, and on the right bank the Pinetta gauge.
GPS: 30.595667, -83.26
![[Hardee Spring, 2015-10-24]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-07-15--withlacoochee-springs-slough/KIMG2746.jpg)
Hardee Spring, 2015-10-24 on the WWALS
Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT)
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/
Update 2023-04-21: Clean WIthlacoochee River 2023-04-20.
Update 2023-04-18: Naylor Beach and Boat Ramp in Swim Guide 2023-04-18.
Happy swimming, fishing, and boating this weekend!
![[Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-04-13]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-13--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide Map 2023-04-13
All WWALS water quality test results for Thursday show clean from E. coli for the Little, Withlacoochee, and Alapaha Rivers. Crawford Branch at Skipper Bridge Road was a bit higher, but well within the 410 one-time test limit.
No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia or Florida.
Rain is predicted for Sunday morning, but probably not enough to wash much contamination into the rivers. Continue reading
Acting Valdosta City Manager Richard Hardy called me yesterday. This is unusual, although he does usually answer his phone if I call him.
![[Valdosta Acting City Manager Richard Hardy and City Engineer Ben O'Dowd 2023-03-25]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-11--seeclickfix/many.jpg)
Valdosta Acting City Manager Richard Hardy and City Engineer Ben O’Dowd 2023-03-25
Even more unusual was his news: the city may be moving ahead on keeping trash out of creeks.
First some background.
Recent adventures in Click ‘n’ Fix include this one, Continue reading
Apparently Valdosta city employees can’t get wet. That includes the Stormwater Division.
So if you see any Valdosta City employee in a creek, river, pond, or swamp, whether in a boat or in mud boots, it seems they must be off the clock.
This could explain why Valdosta has a contractor clean out stormwater pond facility clusters.
In Valdosta’s GEORGIA INTERLOCAL RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY COMBINED AUTOMOBILE, CRIME, LIABILITY AND PROPERTY COVERAGES MEMBER COVERAGE AGREEMENT, see especially under GENERAL EXCLUSIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PROPERTY COVERAGE SECTIONS on page 7: Continue reading
Update 2023-04-07: Clean Withlacoochee River 2023-04-06.
Best to paddle, swim, and fish tomorrow morning. Rains are predicted tomorrow.
But until then, all the water quality tests we have are good, for the Little, Withlacoochee, and Alapaha Rivers.
![[Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide map 2023-03-30]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-03-30--wq/many.jpg)
Chart, Rivers, Swim Guide map 2023-03-30
No new sewage spills have been reported in the Suwannee River Basin in Georgia in the past week.
But High Springs had a 150-gallon spill. That small an amount and apparently inland should have no effect on the Santa Fe River or its springs.
Thanks to WWALS tester Continue reading
![[2023-03-15 MFL meeting]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-05-02--srwmd-mfl-upper-middle-suwanneevi/2023-03-15--mfl-meeting.jpg)
![[Chart, River, Swim Guide Map]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2023-04-20--wq/many.jpg)
![[Policy, River]](https://www.wwals.net/pictures/2021-05-01--valdosta-liability-insurance/many.jpg)
