The Withlacoochee River in flood stage after 10 inches of rain, at the GA 122 bridge in Lowndes County, Georgia.
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Alapaha and Withlacoochee Rivers @ GA 122 18 February 2013
Movies on 18 February 2013 after the first rains of
the Alapaha River on GA 122 at Lakeland in Lanier County
and
the Withlacoochee River at GA 122 and Hambrick Road in Lowndes County
and some points in between.
Here’s a video playlist.
Continue readingLead, arsenic, and uranium in water causing cancer –Janet McMahan
Uranium? Yes, really: it comes out of granite rocks up deep water wells
in the Georgia Piedmont.
The other metals arsenic come from human energy,
industrial, and agricultural activities,
ranging from fenceposts to Plant Scherer,
dirtiest coal plant in the country, emitting mercury, some of which ends
up in the Alapaha River.
Here’s
video of Janet McMahan speaking about this:
Janet McMahan spoke to the group after the
Adopt-A-Stream water quality testing training
taught by Angela Bray and Richard Batten.
Video by Gretchen Quarterman for WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS),
Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 5 August 2012
Janet McMahan adds:
Continue readingAlapaha River Park?
Update 2019-11-12: This is happening, as Naylor Boat Ramp.
WWALS Watershed Coalition
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Alapaha River Park?
Adel, GA, 18 February 2013 — WWALS Watershed Coalition opposes closing Old State Road to Hotchkiss Landing at the Alapaha River, and proposes Lowndes County instead increase access and conservation of the Alapaha River by creating a park, which will also boost the regional economy.
The Lowndes County Commission will vote Tuesday February 26th on
closing the only public access to the Alapaha River in that county.
A regional watershed group, WWALS Watershed Coalition, suggests
instead that the county purchase land along the Alapaha to create a
county park with a boat ramp and trails to match the ones on the
Withlacoochee River in Langdale Park.
“A park would simplify maintaining the 100 foot natural vegetative buffer required by the state in a Protected River Corridor,” said Dave Hetzel, WWALS President. “It could even reduce potential liability to the county from Continue reading
WWALS in the Ocilla Star, 2013-02-13
WWALS in the Ocilla Star Wednesday 13 February 2013, scan by Cindy Leighton:
This is from the WWALS press release of 10 January 2013 that also appeared in Tifton Gazette 18 January 2013.
WWALS asks that Old State Road be kept open to the Alapaha River in Lowndes County
Letter from WWALS to Lowndes County Commission, signed Friday, mailed Saturday; the hearing is 5:30 PM today 12 February 2013, 327 North Ashley Street 2nd floor, Valdosta, GA.
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327 North Ashley Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
WWALS Watershed Coalition
www.wwals.net
Dear Lowndes County Commissioners,
Rules for river corridor protection –GA EPD
So
Georgia state law requires protection for perennial river corridors
and
the major rivers in the WWALS watersheds qualify as perennial rivers.
What are the rules?
Apparently to be a “Qualified Local Government” a comprehensive plan
including River Corridor Protection Plans with
protection for a natural vegetative buffer area
bordering each protected river is required.
Rules of Georgia Department of Natural Resources,
Environmental Protection Division
Chapter 391-3-16
Rules for Environmental Planning Criteria
391-3-16-.04 Criteria for River Corridor Protection
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(1)(b) The Comprehensive Georgia Planning Act of 1989 provides for the development of coordinated and comprehensive planning by municipal and county governments. Such comprehensive plans shall consider the natural resources, environments, and vital areas within the jurisdiction of the local government. Maintenance of the status as a “Qualified Local Government” is contingent upon the development of such comprehensive plans (O.C.G.A. 50-8-1 et seq.).
What does perennial mean?
What does “perennial” mean in Georgia Mountain and River Corridor Protection Act, O.C.G.A. 12-2-8 (2010)?
According to Merriam-Webster:
Definition of PERENNIAL
1: present at all seasons of the year
For example, does the Alapaha River at Hotchkiss Landing
often (if ever) go dry?
No, there is pretty much always water there.
That Georgia state law, O.C.G.A. 12-2-8 (2010), has a more specific definition:
Continue readingFood and Water Watch Workshop @ FAMU
FAMU PR 9 February 2013 on WCTV.com, FAMU Teams Up to Promote Sustainable Food Support Systems,
TALLAHASSEE, FL- Florida A&M University’s (FAMU) Statewide Small
Farm Program, Food & Water Watch (FWW) and the Crescent Moon Organic
Farm will host a food workshop titled “Building Sustainable
Food Support Systems.” The workshop is scheduled for Sunday,
Feb. 10 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Crescent Moon Organic Farm in
Sopchoppy.
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Alapaha River at Hotchkiss Landing, Naylor, Lowndes County, GA, 1 Feb 2013
Scouting for a potential WWALS outing (since scheduled for 16 February 2013, two WWALS board members and three local residents went to look at Hotchkiss Landing on Old State Road at the Alapaha River in Lowndes County. Here are a few pictures; we also have videos, some of which will follow.
Looking west (upstream):
