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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[Black tea blue drums, Okapilco Creek trashjam, deadfalls, rapids, two jon boats 2024-07-27]
Black tea blue drums, Okapilco Creek trashjam, deadfalls, rapids, two jon boats 2024-07-27

[Black tea blue drums, Okapilco Creek trashjam, deadfalls, rapids, two jon boats 2024-07-27]
Black tea blue drums, Okapilco Creek trashjam, deadfalls, rapids, two jon boats 2024-07-27

TBR

[Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River, 09:47:17, 30.8512687, -83.3473525]
Troupville Boat Ramp, Little River, 09:47:17, 30.8512687, -83.3473525

BBTBR

[Banner at Troupville Boat Ramp --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:35:45]
Banner at Troupville Boat Ramp --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:35:45

OtW

[Quen Metzler and John S. Quarterman with the WWALS 9.9 hp outboard --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:46:54]
Quen Metzler and John S. Quarterman with the WWALS 9.9 hp outboard --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:46:54

LRVMW

[Little River just above site of Valdosta, Moultrie, and Western (VMW) RR Bridge, 10:51:32, 30.8414869, -83.3531231]
Little River just above site of Valdosta, Moultrie, and Western (VMW) RR Bridge, 10:51:32, 30.8414869, -83.3531231

[Movie: Two jon boats looking for deadfalls, 10:51:40, 30.8414869, -83.3531231 (37M)]
Movie: Two jon boats looking for deadfalls, 10:51:40, (37M) 30.8414869, -83.3531231

FFL

[Movie: Flags marking fishing lines, 10:52:12, 30.8414869, -83.3531231 (7.0M)]
Movie: Flags marking fishing lines, 10:52:12, (7.0M) 30.8414869, -83.3531231

RpH

[The river was pretty high --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:52:24]
The river was pretty high --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:52:24

VWWTP

[Movie: Outfall, Valdosta WWTP, 10:55:23, 30.8365283, -83.3588065 (28M)]
Movie: Outfall, Valdosta WWTP, 10:55:23, (28M) 30.8365283, -83.3588065

[Treated outfall of Valdosta Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:55:45]
Treated outfall of Valdosta Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:55:45

[Outfall, Valdosta WWTP, 10:55:49, 30.8365283, -83.3588065]
Outfall, Valdosta WWTP, 10:55:49, 30.8365283, -83.3588065

[Everybody photographing --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:55:50]
Everybody photographing --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 10:55:50

WI

[White Ibis, 10:58:53, 30.8398351, -83.3636512]
White Ibis, 10:58:53, 30.8398351, -83.3636512

[Movie: White Ibis, 10:55:23, 30.8398351, -83.3636512 (10M)]
Movie: White Ibis, 10:55:23, (10M) 30.8398351, -83.3636512

[Movie: White Ibis, 30.8398351, -83.3636512 (10M)]
Movie: White Ibis, (10M) 30.8398351, -83.3636512

[Ibis, 10:59:07, 30.8398762, -83.3638916]
Ibis, 10:59:07, 30.8398762, -83.3638916

WBDF

[Deadfall just below Wetherington Branch, 11:03:17, 30.8370074, -83.3648180]
Deadfall just below Wetherington Branch, 11:03:17, 30.8370074, -83.3648180

[Movie: Shawn sawing deadfall, Phil preparing in limbs, 11:03:27, 30.8370074, -83.3648180 (26M)]
Movie: Shawn sawing deadfall, Phil preparing in limbs, 11:03:27, (26M) 30.8370074, -83.3648180

PDPBR

[Paul Deloach Private Boat Ramp --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 11:23:16]
Paul Deloach Private Boat Ramp --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 11:23:16

OW

[Onwards --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 11:34:25]
Onwards --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 11:34:25

WHCBR

[Withlacoochee Hunt Club private boat ramp, 12:08:54, 30.8159726, -83.4252115]
Withlacoochee Hunt Club private boat ramp, 12:08:54, 30.8159726, -83.4252115

MCC

[Maybe Morningstar Church Creek, 12:35:04, 30.8099953, -83.4502230]
Maybe Morningstar Church Creek, 12:35:04, 30.8099953, -83.4502230

SS

[Movie: Most of the trip is smooth sailing, 12:41:18, 30.7951903, -83.4527045 (42M)]
Movie: Most of the trip is smooth sailing, 12:41:18, (42M) 30.7951903, -83.4527045

US84R

[Movie: A bit of rapids above US 84, 12:46:03, 30.7951903, -83.4527045 (13M)]
Movie: A bit of rapids above US 84, 12:46:03, (13M) 30.7951903, -83.4527045

STT

[Movie: Sabal Trail pipeline, 12:47:06, 30.7951903, -83.4527045 (24M)]
Movie: Sabal Trail pipeline, 12:47:06, (24M) 30.7951903, -83.4527045

US84B

[US 84 Bridge, 12:48:02, 30.7943047, -83.4533861]
US 84 Bridge, 12:48:02, 30.7943047, -83.4533861

[US 84 Bridge and CSX RR Bridge, 12:48:06, 30.7942141, -83.4533789]
US 84 Bridge and CSX RR Bridge, 12:48:06, 30.7942141, -83.4533789

US84

[US 84 Bridge and CSX RR Bridge with USGS Gauge Buoy --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 12:48:31]
US 84 Bridge and CSX RR Bridge with USGS Gauge Buoy --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 12:48:31

US84C

[US 84 Creek, 12:48:13, 30.7941701, -83.4534614]
US 84 Creek, 12:48:13, 30.7941701, -83.4534614

US84G

[US 84 Gauge buoy, 12:48:28, 30.7938628, -83.4534518]
US 84 Gauge buoy, 12:48:28, 30.7938628, -83.4534518

SB

[Spook Bridge, 12:50:27, 30.7916593, -83.4527703]
Spook Bridge, 12:50:27, 30.7916593, -83.4527703

[Movie: Spook Bridge, 12:50:31, 30.7916593, -83.4527703 (12M)]
Movie: Spook Bridge, 12:50:31, (12M) 30.7916593, -83.4527703

SBPR

[Spook Bridge --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 12:51:21]
Spook Bridge --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 12:51:21

[Under Spook Bridge, 12:51:15, 30.7902006, -83.4517211]
Under Spook Bridge, 12:51:15, 30.7902006, -83.4517211

[Spook Bridge from downstream --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 12:52:15]
Spook Bridge from downstream --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 12:52:15

OSBTO

[Movie: Old Spook Bridge take-out for Mayor and Chairman's Paddle, 12:51:19, 30.7902006, -83.4517211 (57M)]
Movie: Old Spook Bridge take-out for Mayor and Chairman's Paddle, 12:51:19, (57M) 30.7902006, -83.4517211

DrB

[Docks on right bank in Brooks County, 12:57:15, 30.7841211, -83.4592635]
Docks on right bank in Brooks County, 12:57:15, 30.7841211, -83.4592635

BIsland

[Movie: Belue Island; if you camp on a place like this, watch the weather and water levels, 13:01:39, 30.7792818, -83.4590333 (45M)]
Movie: Belue Island; if you camp on a place like this, watch the weather and water levels, 13:01:39, (45M) 30.7792818, -83.4590333

[Belue Island, 13:01:14, 30.7792818, -83.4590333]
Belue Island, 13:01:14, 30.7792818, -83.4590333

[Roots, 13:01:15, 30.7792818, -83.4590333]
Roots, 13:01:15, 30.7792818, -83.4590333

[Movie: Belue Island, about a third of an acre, 13:01:21, 30.7792818, -83.4590333 (37M)]
Movie: Belue Island, about a third of an acre, 13:01:21, (37M) 30.7792818, -83.4590333

BBarrel

[Movie: Blue barrel with black tea extract in a blackwater tea-colored river, 13:12:58, 30.7686870, -83.4554620 (34M)]
Movie: Blue barrel with black tea extract in a blackwater tea-colored river, 13:12:58, (34M) 30.7686870, -83.4554620

[Blue barrel, 13:13:18, 30.7686870, -83.4554620]
Blue barrel, 13:13:18, 30.7686870, -83.4554620

[Phil following, 13:13:19, 30.7686869, -83.4554618]
Phil following, 13:13:19, 30.7686869, -83.4554618

SFHC

[Spain Ferry Hunt Club private access, 13:16:12, 30.7645908, -83.4589214]
Spain Ferry Hunt Club private access, 13:16:12, 30.7645908, -83.4589214

[Deadfall not blocking the river, 13:16:15, 30.7645462, -83.4590294]
Deadfall not blocking the river, 13:16:15, 30.7645462, -83.4590294

[Strainers, 13:17:49, 30.7637010, -83.4624730]
Strainers, 13:17:49, 30.7637010, -83.4624730

OC

[In Okapilco Creek, 14:07:13, 30.7558794, -83.4899862]
In Okapilco Creek, 14:07:13, 30.7558794, -83.4899862

OC

[Okapilco Creek --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 14:08:55]
Okapilco Creek --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 14:08:55

[Pretty narrow in here --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 14:09:11]
Pretty narrow in here --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 14:09:11

PC

[Piscola Creek Confluence --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 14:09:44]
Piscola Creek Confluence --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 14:09:44

TiOC

[Trashjam in Okapilco Creek just above Piscola Creek, 14:11:31, 30.7570720, -83.4919100]
Trashjam in Okapilco Creek just above Piscola Creek, 14:11:31, 30.7570720, -83.4919100

[Quen netting trash in Okapilco Creek, 14:11:39, 30.7570720, -83.4919100]
Quen netting trash in Okapilco Creek, 14:11:39, 30.7570720, -83.4919100

[Movie: Plastic and glass bottles in Okapilco Creek just above Piscola Creek, 14:11:44, 30.7570720, -83.4919100 (14M)]
Movie: Plastic and glass bottles in Okapilco Creek just above Piscola Creek, 14:11:44, (14M) 30.7570720, -83.4919100

TB

[Turned back here; come back another time, 14:31:24, 30.7585452, -83.4931200]
Turned back here; come back another time, 14:31:24, 30.7585452, -83.4931200

[Phil waiting in Okapilco Creek, 14:31:28, 30.7585452, -83.4931200]
Phil waiting in Okapilco Creek, 14:31:28, 30.7585452, -83.4931200

BD

[Blue Drum in Okapilco Creek at turnaround --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 14:31:35]
Blue Drum in Okapilco Creek at turnaround --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 14:31:35

MOC

[Movie: Lightning struck this tree at mouth of Okapilco Creek, 14:53:17, 30.7585452, -83.4931200 (24M)]
Movie: Lightning struck this tree at mouth of Okapilco Creek, 14:53:17, (24M) 30.7585452, -83.4931200

SnoP

[Strainers not obstructing passage, 15:07:21, 30.7347337, -83.4710726]
Strainers not obstructing passage, 15:07:21, 30.7347337, -83.4710726

[Movie: Plenty wide to get around these strainers, 15:07:25, 30.7347337, -83.4710726 (49M)]
Movie: Plenty wide to get around these strainers, 15:07:25, (49M) 30.7347337, -83.4710726

ABB

[Another blue barrel, 15:13:34, 30.7322178, -83.4681780]
Another blue barrel, 15:13:34, 30.7322178, -83.4681780

[This one leaks, 15:15:45, 30.7322217, -83.4681743]
This one leaks, 15:15:45, 30.7322217, -83.4681743

[Movie: More black tea, this one leaking over the side, 15:15:53, 30.7322217, -83.4681743 (23M)]
Movie: More black tea, this one leaking over the side, 15:15:53, (23M) 30.7322217, -83.4681743

[Let it leak over the side, 15:16:17, 30.7321496, -83.4681489]
Let it leak over the side, 15:16:17, 30.7321496, -83.4681489

BotR

[Back on the Withlacoochee River --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 15:27:03]
Back on the Withlacoochee River --Phil Royce, 2024:07:27 15:27:03

EJLPL

[Edward Jennings LLC Private Landing, 15:29:37, 30.7151000, -83.4612630]
Edward Jennings LLC Private Landing, 15:29:37, 30.7151000, -83.4612630

MSC

[Mid-stream cypress above Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 15:31:36, 30.7135509, -83.4581834]
Mid-stream cypress above Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 15:31:36, 30.7135509, -83.4581834

PRTO

[Phil Royce taking out his boat, 15:40:27, 30.7122761, -83.4553395]
Phil Royce taking out his boat, 15:40:27, 30.7122761, -83.4553395

[Phil's boat seat, 15:41:08, 30.7122761, -83.4553395]
Phil's boat seat, 15:41:08, 30.7122761, -83.4553395

BB2

[Two barrels and a bag of trash at Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 15:42:35, 30.7124055, -83.4554963]
Two barrels and a bag of trash at Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 15:42:35, 30.7124055, -83.4554963

[Movie: Two barrels, black tea extract, and a bag of trash, Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 15:42:39, 30.7124055, -83.4554963 (24M)]
Movie: Two barrels, black tea extract, and a bag of trash, Knights Ferry Boat Ramp, 15:42:39, (24M) 30.7124055, -83.4554963

RCB

[Phil found a rubber cannonball in Okapilco Creek, 15:44:22, 30.7123825, -83.4554093]
Phil found a rubber cannonball in Okapilco Creek, 15:44:22, 30.7123825, -83.4554093

BDL

[Black Tea Extract 18kg/Drum, 15:46:08, 30.7122580, -83.4553986]
Black Tea Extract 18kg/Drum, 15:46:08, 30.7122580, -83.4553986

[Label on the other drum, 15:46:30, 30.7123309, -83.4552538]
Label on the other drum, 15:46:30, 30.7123309, -83.4552538

TBR2

[Leaky blue drum at Troupville Boat Ramp, 16:24:46, 30.8511965, -83.3470783]
Leaky blue drum at Troupville Boat Ramp, 16:24:46, 30.8511965, -83.3470783

[Blue Drum and Little River at Troupville Boat Ramp, 16:25:10, 30.8511965, -83.3470783]
Blue Drum and Little River at Troupville Boat Ramp, 16:25:10, 30.8511965, -83.3470783