Join us to paddle downstream from Langdale Park Boat Ramp to clear passage through whatever we encounter on the Withlacoochee River. Yes, we are still clearing passage through deadfalls (trees across the river) from Hurricane Helene.
This Sunday chainsaw cleanup is longer and starts earlier than the one Thursday.
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The Withlacoochee River is very low, so we will be taking a canoe, and you can too, or a kayak.
Nobody has to saw. You can come pick up trash, photograph, or just float along.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 9:30 AM, end 3:30 PM, Sunday, August 3, 2025
Put In: Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 3781 N. Valdosta Rd., Valdosta, GA 31602, downstream from the North Valdosta Road (US 41) Bridge, in Lowndes County.
GPS: 30.88747, -83.32395
[Longer chainsaw, Langdale Park, Withlacoochee River, 9 AM, Saturday, August 2, 2025]
Take Out: Langdale Park Boat Ramp
Unless we’re really lucky and get all the way through; then you’ll be able to paddle up to Troupville Boat Ramp on the Little River. But don’t count on that. Most likely we’ll have to paddle back up to Langdale Park Boat Ramp.
[Map: Langdale Park, Withlacoochee River, Little River, Troupville Boat Ramp, 2025-07-29
in the WWALS map of the Withlacoochee and Little River Water Trail (WLRWT)]
The Valdosta sewage spill sign is for problems on Sugar Creek, downstream, although the last big rain did wash E. coli into the Withlacoochee River at US 41. We will be watching water quality test results before we do this.
[WWALS Water Trail and Valdosta Sewage signs at Langdale Park Boat Ramp, 2025:07:19 18:12:49, 30.88747, -83.32395 --jsq for WWALS]
Boats: We will be using the Old Town Camper canoe donated to WWALS by Bob and Sue Raffaele.
[Phil Hubbard starting his saw, 2025:07:22 10:20:02, 30.8873527, -83.3238385 --jsq for WWALS]
Unless there are big rains before then and the river level goes up. Then we will be using the WWALS jon boat with the 25hp outboard. And if the river is up, if you have a jon boat with outboard and can bring it, please do.
In either case, we will be using the the 24-inch Husqvarna Rancher chainsaw, the 86lb-thrust trolling motor, and its batteries, paid for by a grant from Wild Green Future, plus other saws, electric and gas.
Kayaks and canoes are welcome to paddle along.
Bring: the usual personal flotation device, boat, paddles, food, drinking water, warm clothes, and first aid kit.
Also trash pickers and trash bags: every WWALS outing is also a cleanup.
Please follow Leave No Trace principles by packing out all trash, avoiding damage to vegetation, and respecting wildlife.
If you have a chainsaw and know how to use it, bring it along.
Or a sawzall or handsaw, which is especially good for small underwater limbs.
But you do not have to saw: you can pick up trash, or photograph, or just paddle along.
Please follow Leave No Trace principles by packing out all trash, avoiding damage to vegetation, and respecting wildlife.
Safety: Be on time. If you miss the safety briefing, you cannot paddle with us.
Each person in a boat, no matter how young or old, must wear a PFD.
Free: This outing is free to everyone, because it is a cleanup!
We recommend you support the work of WWALS by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations
Duration: 6.5 hours
Paddle: 6.5 miles roundtrip, 5.5 hours.
Shuttle: None.
Gauge: Valdosta at US 41 (North Valdosta Road), USGS 02317755.
Highest safe 12.7 feet, 123′ NAVD. Lowest boatable 5.7 feet, 116′ NAVD.
Valdosta Gauge
Host: Phil Hubbard
Contact: John S. Quarterman
Backup: in case of bad weather or high or low water is: Reschedule
More: For more WWALS outings and events as they are posted, see the WWALS outings web page,
https://wwals.net/outings/. WWALS members also get an upcoming list in the Tannin Times newsletter.
-jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®
You can help with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable, water in the 10,000-square-mile Suwannee River Basin in Florida and Georgia by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations
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