FARGO — Naturalist C.B. Adams will speak Friday evening, Dec. 8, at the WWALS Campfire Cooking at Griffis Fish Camp and Suwannee River paddle. He said he will bring props and artifacts and said, “I can guarantee you it will be a jam up program.”

Chris “Turtleman” Adams is a South Georgia naturalist, historian, farmer and folklorist, WWALS said in a press release. He has worked with Georgia Native Cattle Company and Okefenokee Adventures, and he runs the Wiregrass Ecological and Cultural Project, bringing awareness to the heart of the Deep South and showcasing its natural and cultural communities.

The organization invites interested people to join them for an overnight camp at Griffis Fish Camp in Clinch County. Campers will start arriving at 4 p.m. Friday, and Adams will start talking around sunset at 5:29 p.m.

Mastermind of this event, Shirley Kokidko, said, “Chris will have an hour before dark to show the artifacts but we’ll also have a fire so he can talk as long as he wants.”

Suwannee Riverkeeper John S. Quarterman said, “You heard Chris briefly at the WWALS River Revue in September. Next Friday you can hear him at length.”

On Saturday, paddle 9.5 miles down the Suwannee River from SCFSP through the Narrows and the Sill to Griffis, to camp overnight again.

Each night, build a campfire and start cooking.

Campground: Griffis Fish Camp, 10333 Ga Highway 177 Fargo, Georgia 31631. From Fargo, travel south on US 441 to CR 177; turn left and travel 10 miles northeast; Griffis Fish Camp is on left, in Clinch County.

Campground GPS: 30.78246, -82.443594

For more details on the campfire cooking and paddle, including fees, see https://wwals.net/?p=62861.

Since June 2012, WWALS Watershed Coalition, Inc. is an IRS 501©(3) nonprofit charity working for a healthy watershed with clean, swimmable, fishable, drinkable water. WWALS advocates for conservation and stewardship of the surface waters and groundwater of the Suwannee River Basin and Estuary, in south Georgia and north Florida, among them the Withlacoochee, Willacoochee, Alapaha, Little, Santa Fe, and Suwannee River watersheds, through education, awareness, environmental monitoring, and citizen activities.