Legal: Feral Animals on Cumberland Island
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 […]
Cumberland Island Wilderness Boundary Adjustment Act of 2004
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 […]
Legal: Wilderness Act of 1964
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 […]
Overview of Retained Rights
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 […]
Island Tours
Cumberland Island Tours When Cumberland Island National Seashore was established in 1972, both the general public and residents who sold their land to the park supported a limit on the number of visitors, so that the island’s wild and natural state could remain unspoiled. In the early planning stages, the Park Service proposed a tour service on Cumberland Island; however, […]
Sea Turtles
Sea Turtles on Cumberland Island Cumberland Island’s undeveloped shoreline attracts the largest number of nesting sea turtles in the state of Georgia. Most travel hundreds or thousands of miles to return near the area where they were born (a trait known as natal homing). Once they reach their home waters, pregnant females wait offshore for the perfect moment to come […]
Fire Management
Fire Management on Cumberland Island Fire in the Wilderness should be managed according to the letter and spirit of the Wilderness Act, and adjacent land should be managed to protect that wilderness character. Natural wildfires are critical to the survival of Cumberland Island’s ecosystem. However, under NPS management, naturally-occurring fires have typically been controlled. At this time, the NPS is […]
Feral Hogs
Feral Hogs on Cumberland Island Hogs have existed on Cumberland Island for hundreds of years, and were likely introduced by Spanish missionaries and/or European settlers. Feral hogs severely damage the island’s delicate ecosystem in a number of ways: Interfering with plant communities, affecting nutrient cycling and patterns of plant succession Removing vegetation critical to dune stabilization Competing with native species […]
Maintain the 300 Visitor Limit
Maintain the 300 Visitor Limit on Cumberland Island The NPS is consistently re-evaluating the number of potential daily visitors allowed on Cumberland Island; most recently in association with the development of a new Visitor Use Management Plan. Wild Cumberland opposes any increase in the number of daily visitors to Cumberland Island — to protect both the health of the island and […]