Stewards of the White Oak River Basin Current Events

Approaching the bridge at Piney Green. On on the other side one hundred yards on the left is where we urge the City and/or County to acquire the land and make a permanent public access to the river for a Canoe and Kayak Trail. Nothing has to be done to it. We use it as it is. But, it needs to become publicly owned land to preserve it for all . It is a lovely trail year round when other streams are dry or too low to paddle. This is a natural place to put in and paddle downs to Northeast Creek Park.
It ought to be a Northeast Creek Park Satellite! Please let's all work together an make it so.

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Alligators

This is a big specimen. One of several that we saw. When this one dove under, his tail curled over like the Loch Ness monster and it powered downstream at a high speed. All of the gators were seen in the first mile.

Close enough!!

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Piney Green Bridge

This is our Stone Lady of The Woods on Northeast creek. This ought to take the prize for the oddest, most unusual litter ever found.

Brian transforms litter into art. She will stand as a greeting to all who venture up Northeast Creek like the mermaid in Copenhagen harbor. Brian took a fancy to her! But she would not fit in his kayak!

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Piney Green Bridge

Alligators

April 11, 2006

Northeast Park to Piney Green Bridge

We had a lovely five mile roundtrip on this beautiful creek. One area was solid with gorgeous palmettos. Wisteria hung from trees over the river. Violets showed up all along.
We saw ospreys, ducks, squirrels, and an owl being chased by small birds. A lady made out of stone was an unusual find.
We saw alligators going both ways.
The weather was excellent and it was a very nice paddle indeed. We are planning a return trip to get about 12 logs out that are blocking the river. We did not have a chain saw on this trip.

This is Elmer on the way up stream carrying his canoe over the one and only beaver dam on this section of Northeast Creek. A few years ago, before JR Batchelor of Onlsow County, Mosquito Control, removed it, this dam was four or five feet high. On the way back down
Elmer opened a hole in the top of the dam and made a chute or flume and all shot through it and got a little thrill of white water paddling.

Jim limbos under a blowdown.

Elmer has to go over the top!

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Piney Green Bridge

Alligators