WWALS Watershed Coalition

WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. (WWALS) is Suwannee RIVERKEEPER® WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.

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Sullivan Launch to Madison Blue Spring Withlacoochee River 2015-10-24 [Up]

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[WWALS at Madison Blue Spring --Gretchen Quarterman]
WWALS at Madison Blue Spring --Gretchen Quarterman

Before

[Gathering]
Gathering

Pinnetta Gauge

[Pinetta Gage Tower 30.5957374, -83.2598038]
Pinetta Gage Tower 30.5957374, -83.2598038

[Pinetta Gage steps and old-style measure 30.5957374, -83.2598038]
Pinetta Gage steps and old-style measure 30.5957374, -83.2598038

[Gage pipe and warning on door 30.5953369, -83.2596130]
Gage pipe and warning on door 30.5953369, -83.2596130

Old Belleville Bridge

[Belleville Bridge buttress from below 30.5953369, -83.2596130]
Belleville Bridge buttress from below 30.5953369, -83.2596130

[Remains of Belleville Bridge, Madison County side 30.5957298, -83.2596435]
Remains of Belleville Bridge, Madison County side 30.5957298, -83.2596435

[Fallen girders of Belleville Bridge, Hamilton County side 30.5956020, -83.2597732]
Fallen girders of Belleville Bridge, Hamilton County side 30.5956020, -83.2597732

On the water

[CR 150 bridge, looking upstream 30.5956955, -83.2594681]
CR 150 bridge, looking upstream 30.5956955, -83.2594681

[Down the Withlacoochee River 30.5956001, -83.2593307]
Down the Withlacoochee River 30.5956001, -83.2593307

[Chris and Deanna picking up trash 30.5956001, -83.2593307]
Chris and Deanna picking up trash 30.5956001, -83.2593307

First Shoals

[Shoals 30.5941982, -83.2590637]
Shoals 30.5941982, -83.2590637

[Movie: Shooting the rapids 30.5941982, -83.2590637 (9.6M)]
Movie: Shooting the rapids (9.6M) 30.5941982, -83.2590637

[Smooth water 30.5842590, -83.2621613]
Smooth water 30.5842590, -83.2621613

Flotilla

[Gretchen and the boaters 30.5822926, -83.2627106]
Gretchen and the boaters 30.5822926, -83.2627106

Second Shoals

[More shoals 30.5819988, -83.2626953]
More shoals 30.5819988, -83.2626953

[Starting the rapids 30.5819034, -83.2627106]
Starting the rapids 30.5819034, -83.2627106

[Not bad 30.5819054, -83.2627029]
Not bad 30.5819054, -83.2627029

[Ripples 30.5814247, -83.2629699]
Ripples 30.5814247, -83.2629699

First Spring

[Coffee Spring 30.5775184, -83.2618179]
Coffee Spring 30.5775184, -83.2618179

[Boating in the spring 30.5775299, -83.2618256]
Boating in the spring 30.5775299, -83.2618256

[Another spring? 30.5776119, -83.2620239]
Another spring? 30.5776119, -83.2620239

Onwards

[Froth 30.5762119, -83.2609482]
Froth 30.5762119, -83.2609482

[Sunbeams on Chris and Deanna Mericle 30.5761909, -83.2609329]
Sunbeams on Chris and Deanna Mericle 30.5761909, -83.2609329

Third Shoals

[Sighting the rapids 30.5697098, -83.2624817]
Sighting the rapids 30.5697098, -83.2624817

[Boater 30.5698356, -83.2623672]
Boater 30.5698356, -83.2623672

On down the river

[Two directions 30.5679722, -83.2606277]
Two directions 30.5679722, -83.2606277

[Onwards 30.5678921, -83.2606430]
Onwards 30.5678921, -83.2606430

Eyott

[Island, or rather eyott? 30.5653133, -83.2575378]
Island, or rather eyott? 30.5653133, -83.2575378

[Rock bottom]
Rock bottom

[The other side of the island]
The other side of the island

[Movie: Sand and rocks 30.5653133, -83.2575378 (12M)]
Movie: Sand and rocks (12M) 30.5653133, -83.2575378

Fossilized

[Fossils for lunch 30.5626812, -83.2563248]
Fossils for lunch 30.5626812, -83.2563248

[A prehistoric scraper 30.5626812, -83.2563248]
A prehistoric scraper 30.5626812, -83.2563248

River House

[House 30.5626812, -83.2563248]
House 30.5626812, -83.2563248

Left bank island

[Island on left 30.5626812, -83.2563248]
Island on left 30.5626812, -83.2563248

[Onwards 30.5626812, -83.2563248]
Onwards 30.5626812, -83.2563248

Karst

[Confab 30.5626812, -83.2563248]
Confab 30.5626812, -83.2563248

[Could that be karst? 30.5529404, -83.2608642]
Could that be karst? 30.5529404, -83.2608642

Tiny Fourth Shoals

[White water 30.5529365, -83.2608795]
White water 30.5529365, -83.2608795

[Somebody following me 30.5509796, -83.2578125]
Somebody following me 30.5509796, -83.2578125

Soon Spring

[Spring coming up 30.5446434, -83.2505264]
Spring coming up 30.5446434, -83.2505264

Hardee (Rossetter) Spring

[Hardee Spring dam 30.5446434, -83.2505264]
Hardee Spring dam 30.5446434, -83.2505264

[Hardee Spring sign 30.5446434, -83.2505264]
Hardee Spring sign 30.5446434, -83.2505264

[Hardee Spring steps 30.5446434, -83.2505264]
Hardee Spring steps 30.5446434, -83.2505264

[Hardee Spring cavern goes through to a karst window, 30.544662, -83.250057]
Hardee Spring cavern goes through to a karst window, 30.5446620, -83.2500570

[KIMG2754 Looking out from Hardee Spring 30.5444069, -83.2500076]
KIMG2754 Looking out from Hardee Spring 30.5444069, -83.2500076

After Hardee

[Onwards from Hardee Spring 30.5444069, -83.2500076]
Onwards from Hardee Spring 30.5444069, -83.2500076

Rock Tree

[Dan and the rock tree 30.5336761, -83.2483062]
Dan and the rock tree 30.5336761, -83.2483062

[Dan and the portrait rock tree 30.5337314, -83.2483062]
Dan and the portrait rock tree 30.5337314, -83.2483062

[A boat at a bend in the river 30.5337410, -83.2490692]
A boat at a bend in the river 30.5337410, -83.2490692

[A net of roots 30.5188904, -83.2391357]
A net of roots 30.5188904, -83.2391357

[Clouds 30.5188904, -83.2391357]
Clouds 30.5188904, -83.2391357

Balcones

[Undercut caves 30.5118561, -83.2455368]
Undercut caves 30.5118561, -83.2455368

PBR

[A boat ramp 30.5118217, -83.2455063]
A boat ramp 30.5118217, -83.2455063

[Shirley Kokidko 30.4990539, -83.2425766]
Shirley Kokidko 30.4990539, -83.2425766

Black Rocks

[Interesting black rocks 30.4932423, -83.2414474]
Interesting black rocks 30.4932423, -83.2414474

[Rocks on bank 30.4932537, -83.2414703]
Rocks on bank 30.4932537, -83.2414703

[Rocks from the river 30.4929829, -83.2421799]
Rocks from the river 30.4929829, -83.2421799

[Tall rock: petrified tree? 30.4919090, -83.2447128]
Tall rock: petrified tree? 30.4919090, -83.2447128

[A familiar shape 30.4918537, -83.2448120]
A familiar shape 30.4918537, -83.2448120

[Horizontal rocks 30.4918537, -83.2448120]
Horizontal rocks 30.4918537, -83.2448120

Fifth Shoals

[Rapids 30.4910717, -83.2443161]
Rapids 30.4910717, -83.2443161

[Shirley and Dan 30.4910507, -83.2443466]
Shirley and Dan 30.4910507, -83.2443466

[Shoals ahead 30.4910946, -83.2444839]
Shoals ahead 30.4910946, -83.2444839

[Shoals behind 30.4903641, -83.2442551]
Shoals behind 30.4903641, -83.2442551

[More rocks 30.4902477, -83.2441711]
More rocks 30.4902477, -83.2441711

Karst Tree

[Karst tree 30.4899406, -83.2438965]
Karst tree 30.4899406, -83.2438965

[Narrow 30.4899750, -83.2439499]
Narrow 30.4899750, -83.2439499

[Smooth 30.4863148, -83.2434845]
Smooth 30.4863148, -83.2434845

[Two boats behind 30.4863338, -83.2434616]
Two boats behind 30.4863338, -83.2434616

Egret

[Green bank, white bird 30.4822121, -83.2433777]
Green bank, white bird 30.4822121, -83.2433777

[Bird flying 30.4822121, -83.2433777]
Bird flying 30.4822121, -83.2433777

FL 6 Bridge

[FL 6 bridge from downstream 30.4812660, -83.2434616]
FL 6 bridge from downstream 30.4812660, -83.2434616

[Movie: Nearing the goal 30.4822121, -83.2433777 (6.7M)]
Movie: Nearing the goal (6.7M) 30.4822121, -83.2433777

[Movie: Bridge1 30.4822121, -83.2433777 (16M)]
Movie: Bridge1 (16M) 30.4822121, -83.2433777

[Movie: Bridge2 30.4822121, -83.2433777 (19M)]
Movie: Bridge2 (19M) 30.4822121, -83.2433777

MBS

[Just around those logs 30.4810009, -83.2436981]
Just around those logs 30.4810009, -83.2436981

[Madison Blue Spring 30.4809627, -83.2436676]
Madison Blue Spring 30.4809627, -83.2436676