Chainsaw Cleanup, Sugar Creek to Troupville, Withlacoochee River

Join us as we chainsaw passage for kayaks, canoes, and jon boats through hurricane deadfalls. You do not have to use a saw: you can pull sawed limbs aside, collect trash, photograph, or just paddle along. The river is very low. This is convenient for sawing through dead trees while standing on the river bottom. But beware there will be much dragging of boats.
Put In: Gather at the bottom of the Salty Snapper parking lot, 1405 Gornto Rd, Valdosta, GA 31602-2232. We’ll put in on Sugar Creek if there’s enough water, otherwise on the Withlacoochee River under the railroad trestle.
Take Out: Troupville Boat Ramp. Or we may just haul the boats back upstream, depending on water level. Kayaks and canoes are welcome to paddle along. Once we get down past the GA 133 (St. Augustine Road) bridge, you can also walk along the river bank in the park.
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.
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!
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!
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