Drones Usage on Cumberland Island Drones are prohibited from launching, landing or being operated within designated Wilderness areas. The Wilderness Act of 1964 says that in wilderness areas there…“shall be no use of motor vehicles, motorized equipment…no landing of aircraft, no other form of mechanical transport…”. As Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or drones, have increased in popularity and affordability, government agencies […]
Listen to Carol Ruckdeschel’s Interview Via the For the Wild website: “This week on the program we speak to Carol about the importance of places like Cumberland Island, some of the most pressing threats Cumberland currently faces, and the dangerous precedent that will be set if we continue to allow private-interest to chip away and fragment the very little bit […]
Wilderness Education Plan In December 2020, Wild Cumberland drafted a Wilderness Education Plan and submitted it for consideration to the National Park Service. We requested that the NPS integrate these Wilderness Education Plan recommendations into their planning and management immediately, and are willing to partner with them on the execution of this Wilderness Education Plan. Wild Cumberland will provide updates […]
We have pre-written a message to send directly to Gov. Kemp’s office letting them know your opposition of Spaceport Camden. Use the form below to send it!
We have pre-written a message to send directly to the FAA letting them know your opposition of Spaceport Camden. Use the form below to send it!
By Hal Wright and Rhett Lawrence (initially published 2010) Introduction I. CONCERN OVER FERAL ANIMALS Animals which were once domesticated but have since reverted to a state of nature are termed to be “feral”. There are feral dogs, cats, cattle, donkeys, and, in the case of Cumberland Island, feral hogs and horses. These animals are not “wild” in the sense […]
OCTOBER 6, 2004.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. POMBO, from the Committee on Resources, submitted the following R E P O R T together with DISSENTING VIEWS [To accompany H.R. 4887] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Resources, to whom was […]
Act of September 3, 1964 (Public Law 88-577) To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Short Title Sec 1. This Act may be cited as the “Wilderness Act” WILDERNESS […]
CUMBERLAND ISLAND NATIONAL SEASHORE by Hal Wright and Rhett Lawrence INDEX 1. TRACT NO. 02-109; OWNERS: Mary R. Bullard her spouse and her last surviving child 2. TRACT NO. 01-101 (d); OWNERS: Nancy J. Butler, her spouse, Landon Butler, and their issue 3. TRACT NO. 02-112; OWNERS: Lucy Carnegie Sprague Foster, Franklin Whittington Foster, their heirs and assigns 103 Exchange […]