Including both Florida and Georgia,
a second river got map and guide attention back in the 1970s.
To be updated in the Withlacoochee River Water Trail.
This Withlacoochee River guide is courtesy of John Leonard, Executive Director of the Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC).
I would speculate that it is the most recent of the three guides posted thus far, because the Continue reading
Probably the least-known tributary of the Alapaha River, the Little Alapaha River is so shy it disappears underground between Jennings and Jasper, Florida.
The Little Alapaha River arises in Echols County, Georgia, just before it flows into Hamilton County, Florida, where it falls into a sinkhole west of Jasper, briefly reappearing before vanishing again.
Theoretically it is a tributary of the Alapaha River, but it is not clear the waters of the Little Alapaha River ever reach the Alapaha River aboveground.
Like the Alapaha River, the Little Alapaha’s sinkhole disappearance
happens at the
Cody Scarp.
Chris Graham found this very interesting reference, Continue reading
The December WWALS Outing is a cleanup on the Alapaha River on private land near Jasper, Hamilton County, Florida, at 10AM Saturday December 20th 2014. This is an area of the river people boat past on the Alapaha River Water Trail.
Update 2015-01-26: Some pictures.
Most WWALS outings are open to the public.
However, since this one is on private land, WWALS membership is required,
and please contact wwalswatershed@gmail.com for directions.
Also please bring gloves, bags, and warm clothes. The landowner will provide lunch.
If you’re not a WWALS member, you can join online or mail in a membership form with a check.
-jsq
Veteran boater Bret Wagenhorst asked:
Is there a defined “rainy season” on the Alapaha? I have seen the water high in December, March, July, and once even in September.
Good question!
Looking at the record high water levels for
the gauges,
they’re all in April, March, February, or January.
Also, the only January one is for Irwinville, the farthest upstream, which also had its highest ever in February with that January high only slightly lower.
Downstream, Continue reading
Here’s a different guide to the Alapaha River from the
one WWALS previously received; this one is
courtesy of John Leonard, Executive Director of the
Southern Georgia Regional Commission (SGRC).
The
Alapaha River Water Trail WWALS is currently developing
is merely a continuation of this more than three decade old
Alapaha Canoe Trail.
John Leonard said that when he started at the predecessor of the SGRC in 1980, calls came in frequently asking about water levels on the Alapaha River. It took him a while to realize why: the Alapaha River Trail had been written up in Southern Living! He did not have Continue reading
First a $250 check, then a letter of support, from the Hamilton County, Florida
Tourist Development Council (TDC).
WWALS thanks TDC!
In this picture taken at the 26 October 2014 Dead River Sink Outing Continue reading
WCTV’s Winnie Wright interviewed VSU’s Don Thieme,
and VSU’s Can Denizman navigated her to the
the Cherry Creek sinkhole site for part of her report about
the Withlacoochee River in Georgia Water Coalition Dirty Dozen 2014
Item 9 as threatened by the Sabal Trail pipeline.
Sabal Trail’s Andrea Grover is “disappointed” in being on the Dirty Dozen;
does she also find it “hard to believe” like Sabal Trail’s well-documented
eminent domain threats?
Winnie Wright, WCTV, 26 November 2014, Sabal Trail Pipeline Environmental Concerns Cited In Annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ Report, Continue reading
WWALS Watershed
Coalition, Inc.
a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation
3338 Country Club Road #L336
Valdosta, GA 31605
17 November 2014
Re: Alapaha River Water Trail
Dear Neighbor,
You are invited to an organizational meeting for the Alapaha River Water Trail by WWALS Watershed Coalition (WWALS). This updates and slightly extends the old Alapaha Canoe Trail from the 1970s, with new map, brochure, and website in the making.
When: 1-4PM
Saturday December 13th 2014
Where: Continue reading
The Chamber of Commerce in the center of the Alapaha River Water Trail sent a very nice letter of support that connects the dots between water recreation, education, and economy.
VALDOSTA – LOWNDES COUNTY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Leading Businesses.
Leading Communities.November 5, 2014 Continue reading
“There is no reason anyone
in WWALS’ watersheds should accept any risk for the
profit of Williams Company, Spectra Energy, and FPL, when
any need for the Sabal Trail pipeline is unproven, and in
any case the pipeline does not serve anyone in
Georgia.”
Filed with FERC 15 November 2014, and appeared in FERC’s ecomment system 17 November 2014 (PDF).
WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc.
3338 Country Club Road #L336
Valdosta, GA 31605
15 November 2014VIA ELECTRONIC FILING
Ms. Kimberly Bose
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE
Washington, DC 20426Re: Southeast Market Pipelines Project,
Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC Docket No PFl4-1-000
Williams Transco Hillabee Expansion Project, LLC Docket No PFl4-6-000Dear Ms. Bose,
I applaud FERC for getting Sabal Trail to move off of the Withlacoochee River in Hamilton County, Florida. However, the same karst limestone geology underlies the same Withlacoochee River and the Floridan Aquifer in Brooks and Lowndes Counties, Georgia, and WWALS Watershed Coalition continues Continue reading