We put in at the Railroad Bridge over Southwest Creek. We paddled downstream dislodging all Alligatorweed that was hung up on tree branches or fallen trees in the river.We went all the way to the 2nd concrete barrier.
Were very pleased to find out that the kill zone of salt water had moved further up stream [...]
This Tuesday we will continue our BATTLE AGAINST ALLIGATORWEED on Southwest Creek. We will meet at 9:30 in the Food Lion parking lot on Rte 17 south across from the Main Gate to the Air Base. We plan to be off the water by three.
We will duplicate the trip we made last Friday. We hope to [...]
Due to the snow storm this trip is rescheduled for Thursday, the 22nd when it is to be sunny and 50 degrees
OUR FIRST SURGE IN BATTLE IS THIS TUESDAY 2009-01-20, please see plansat end.
At our monthly meeting of [...]
2009-01-09 White Oak River
Stella to Cedar Point in Croatan National Forest,Carteret County Shore, NC
This is the new Mac Daddy’s in Cape Carteret on Golphin Dolphin drive.
This is where our day’s outing began. MacDadd’ys is a fabulous place. We were amazed and surprised at the [...]
2009-01-05 Southwest Creek, West of Jacksonville, NC.
Here we are back at Rte 53 bridge over Southwest Creek. We were here on Dec 31, 2008and spent the entire day at this bridge trying to get the alligator weed growing in threelarge eddys floating free to be carried downstream with the current to be killed [...]
2008-12-27 Southwest Creek, west of Jacksonville, NC.
This was an exploratory trip to ascertain the extent of Alligator Weed infestation on the 7 mile stretch of Southwest Creek from Haws Run Road Bridge to Camp Lejeune at the Old WoodenBridge just south of Rte 17.
This does not belong in the river!
Neither does this!
Trash and [...]
2008-12-31 Southwest Creek west of Jacksonville, NCNew paddle this Monday the 5th. See below.
Southwest Creek is accessible at bridge on Route 53 about four miles west of Jacksonville. This is the last upstream access we know of. If someone knows of another access further upstream please tell us how to get there. [...]