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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Spook Bridge in minor flood, Withlacoochee River 2021-02-23 [Up]

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M

[Takeout flooded, eddies upstream, boat parking flooded, muddy entrance road]
Takeout flooded, eddies upstream, boat parking flooded, muddy entrance road

Entering

[River water visible from gate]
River water visible from gate

[Looking back at the gate]
Looking back at the gate

Too muddy

[Muddy ahead; park the Prius]
Muddy ahead; park the Prius

[Side road in water pretty quick]
Side road in water pretty quick

[Sand before the inland bridge]
Sand before the inland bridge

[Sand pile and lake]
Sand pile and lake

IB

[Inland Bridge has flow]
Inland Bridge has flow

[Decrepit but standing]
Decrepit but standing

[River water running out from inland bridge]
River water running out from inland bridge

[Movie: Inland bridge flow (36M)]
Movie: Inland bridge flow (36M)

Parking

[Where we used to park boats]
Where we used to park boats

Not the riverbank

[The distant shrubbery is not the riverbank]
The distant shrubbery is not the riverbank

SB

[Water under Spook Bridge]
Water under Spook Bridge

[River on both sides of Spook Bridge]
River on both sides of Spook Bridge

SBUpstream

[Upstream with red maple]
Upstream with red maple

[Flow and eddies upstream]
Flow and eddies upstream

SBDownstream

[Take-out underwater]
Take-out underwater

[Invisible riverbank]
Invisible riverbank

[Straight downstream]
Straight downstream

[Downstream with red maple]
Downstream with red maple

Brooks IB

[Not Spook Bridge: inland bridge in Brooks County]
Not Spook Bridge: inland bridge in Brooks County

[Upstream Brooks County flooded]
Upstream Brooks County flooded

[Downstream Brooks County flooded]
Downstream Brooks County flooded

[Red maples and slough upstream in Brooks County]
Red maples and slough upstream in Brooks County

[South full downstream in Brooks County]
South full downstream in Brooks County

Inland Brooks Co.

[Usually dry far down there]
Usually dry far down there

[And usualy dry down there]
And usualy dry down there

BSR

[Gully full before Blue Springs Road]
Gully full before Blue Springs Road

[Wade Spring is in there underwater]
Wade Spring is in there underwater

Heading back

[Wet under vines downstream]
Wet under vines downstream

[Wet both sides]
Wet both sides

[Wet upstream]
Wet upstream

To takeout

[Spook Bridge to takeout]
Spook Bridge to takeout

BC

[I think that says Be Careful]
I think that says Be Careful

PB

[Boat parking from bridge]
Boat parking from bridge

Westwards

[Spook Bridge from across gully]
Spook Bridge from across gully

IBcar

[Inland bridge back to car]
Inland bridge back to car

STT

[Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline]
Sabal Trail fracked methane pipeline

[Wider view Sabal Trail underwater]
Wider view Sabal Trail underwater

Logged

[Downstream logging flooded]
Downstream logging flooded

[Wet logging]
Wet logging

Entry

[Broken gate]
Broken gate

TC

[Tiger Creek]
Tiger Creek

[Upstream culvert Tiger Creek]
Upstream culvert Tiger Creek

[Downstream culvert Tiger Creek]
Downstream culvert Tiger Creek

ML

[River across Sabal Trail from Martin Lane fence]
River across Sabal Trail from Martin Lane fence

[Sinkhole next to Martin Lane]
Sinkhole next to Martin Lane

BSR1181

[1181 Blue Springs Road, new owners of Wade Spring]
1181 Blue Springs Road, new owners of Wade Spring

[Driveway causeway dry]
Driveway causeway dry

[House on stilts]
House on stilts

WS

[Wade Spring is under that river water]
Wade Spring is under that river water

[End of Blue Springs Road]
End of Blue Springs Road

[Downstream wet at Blue Springs Road]
Downstream wet at Blue Springs Road

[Boat at driveway gate]
Boat at driveway gate

[Wet past driveway gate]
Wet past driveway gate

BSR1071

[Not wet: 1071 Blue Springs Road]
Not wet: 1071 Blue Springs Road

[Down 1071 Blue Springs Road]
Down 1071 Blue Springs Road

[Henry Reaves Overpass over CSX RR]
Henry Reaves Overpass over CSX RR