Article: Rockets Over Cumberland? Don’t miss this article from founder Carol Ruckdeschel, originally published on Blue Ridge Outdoors, on Sept. 27, 2019. Hikers endangered by proposed spaceport next to Cumberland Island National Seashore
Cumberland Island biologist Carol Ruckdeschel has been nominated for the 2018 Georgia Author of the Year Awards in the history/biography category for her book A Natural History of Cumberland Island. This is the essential book for anyone who cares about Cumberland. It is essentially a compendium of every species on the island, with Carol’s personal observations and notes from four […]
Wild Cumberland is standing alongside several organizations and businesses in opposing the proposed spaceport across from Cumberland Island. The Georgia chapter of the Sierra Club, St. Marys Riverkeeper, and St. Marys Earthkeeper have also been key voices in the effort to stop the spaceport, as well as Amelia Island’s Walk & Talk Tours and longtime Cumberland Island supporter Bee Natural. […]
This is the essential book for anyone who cares about Cumberland. Carol has spent four decades collecting data and studying the wildlife of Cumberland Island. The book includes her field observations, photos, and detailed descriptions of every species on Cumberland Island. “To understand a place, one must live there, as Carol Ruckdeschel has done for more than four decades,” says […]
Watch a powerful video of a loggerhead sea turtle nesting on Cumberland Island National Seashore.
The “no bicycles allowed” sign on the Duckhouse Trail at the beach was recently vandalized — torn off. Bicycles regularly use both Duckhouse and Willow Pond Wilderness Trails. As if mocking the Wilderness, the National Park Service allows campers to bicycle with all their camping gear to Brickhill Campsite, as long as the bikes are left at the road. The […]
An island family is proposing to build a new 10-lot subdivision less than a quarter-mile from Sea Camp on Cumberland Island. The land is owned by heirs who did not sell their property to the National Park Service. As a result, they own the land outright as a private inholding within Cumberland Island National Seashore. The developers have requested a […]
The proposed Camden Spaceport — which would be located directly across from Cumberland Island National Seashore — released maps of its launch trajectories. Launches from the Spaceport will require closing Cumberland Island to the public as often as once a month for up to a week at a time. Why should a private facility be allowed to close a publicly […]