Applicable Protections
Please note: This list is not comprehensive and is a work in progress. Check back for corrections and additions, and if you see something we’ve missed – let us know!
Effective 2021
- Cumberland Island National Seashore General Management Plan
- Cumberland Island Wilderness Legislation (1982, 2004)
- American Antiquities Act of 1906
- Clean Water Act
- Clean Air Act
- Wilderness Act of 1964
- The Eastern Wilderness Areas Act
- Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) 1982
- National Park Resources Protection Act 1996
- Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
- Federal Advisory Committee Act
- Section 10 of the Rivers & Harbors Act
- The National Park Service Organic Act of 1916
- Migratory Bird Act
- Endangered Species Act of 1973
- Marine Mammal Protection
- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
- Administrative Procedures Act
- Georgia Coastal Management Program
- Georgia Shore Protection Act OCGA 12-5-230 et seq
- Georgia Coastal Marshland Protection Act OCGA 12-5-280 et seq
- Georgia Coastal Management Program
- Georgia Water Quality Control Act
- Georgia Erosion and Sediment Act
- Georgia Zoning Procedure Law
- Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, PL 92-583
- Georgia Constitution, Article 1, Section 1, Paragraph XXVIII
- CEQ (interprets NEPA)
International
- Previously identified as a UNESCO International Biosphere Reserve (ended 2017)
NPS Management Policies 2006
- NPS Natural Resource Management Reference Manual 77
- NPS Wildland Fire Management Reference Manual 18
- NPS Keeping It Wild in the National Parks User Guide
- NPS DO 18: Wildland Fire Management
- NPS Reference Manual 41: Wilderness Stewardship
- NPS DO 47: Soundscape Preservation and Noise Management
Cultural & Historical Protections
- National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended 16 USC 470
- Archaeological Resources Protection Act
- American Antiquities Act of 1906
- Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act of 1974
- Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act