Chainsaw Cleanup, Withlacoochee River, Sugar Creek to Troupville

Update 2026-02-20: Rescheduled to Saturday, February 28, 2026, due to continued bad water quality.
Last time was fun and productive, so we’re continuing chainsawing down river.
We will cut 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.
When: Gather 9 AM, launch 10 AM, end 3 PM
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!
Duration: 5 hours
Paddle: 4.26 miles, 4 hours.
Shuttle: 9 miles round trip, 30 minutes.
Take Out: Troupville Boat Ramp
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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