ONLY 3 DAYS TO STOP CUMBERLAND ISLAND DEVELOPMENT!

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ONLY 3 DAYS TO STOP CUMBERLAND ISLAND DEVELOPMENT!

🚨The National Park Service (NPS) has requested a “Letter of Support” from Camden County Commissioners for a land exchange on Cumberland Island National Seashore — and the Commission is expected to make a decision THIS TUESDAY NIGHT (March 17)!

🚫Public lands should NOT be transferred into private hands. The NPS faced STRONG public opposition to its 2024 land exchange proposal, which moves an unknown number of acres of public lands into private, fee-simple ownership — with NO restrictions on Cumberland Island development.

🌳Cumberland Island National Seashore was intended by Congress to remain protected from private interests and potential development. The NPS was entrusted with that responsibility.

🏢The Seashore’s enabling legislation states: “the Seashore shall be permanently preserved in its primitive state, and no development of the project or plan for the convenience of visitors shall be undertaken which would be incompatible with the preservation of the unique flora and fauna or the physiographic conditions now prevailing”

🤝The agency has positioned this exchange as an acceptable compromise — but we assure you, it is NOT! Compromise has already been achieved: first in 1972, again in 1982, and in subsequent sales or agreements with its affluent private residents. These families already negotiated their terms with the federal government — they don’t get to do it again.

‼️Take action now. Urge Camden County Commission to DENY or TABLE the current NPS request until potential legal issues have been resolved.

⛴️Let them know that if the NPS plans to allow Cumberland Island development, you won’t be back to Camden County.

✍️You have only three (3) days (that’s until March 17) to comment – contact the Camden County Clerk using the [ button / link in our bio ] and let them know you oppose Cumberland Island development now!

Link to the Camden County Commissioner Meeting Agenda

Email the County Clerk Here!