As we gear up for the upcoming sea turtle nesting season, which typically occurs annually in Georgia from late May to mid-August, I’m reflecting on the 2024 sea turtle nesting season and want to share what I’m excited about for 2025! Hopefully you, dear reader, will get excited about the sea turtles coming soon to a coastline near you and […]
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
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. […]
Camden County, Georgia has proposed to develop and operate a commercial space launch site at Floyd’s neck, just opposite the north end of Cumberland Island on the mainland. There would be up to 12 vertical launches and landings of associated vehicles per year. They also plan to recover spent stages at sea and do monthly fire engine tests and wet […]
Georgia’s Cumberland Island National Seashore is part of the largest loggerhead sea turtle nesting site in the world. Over 25,000 endangered turtles nest in the Southeast United States, and Cumberland Island—with 18 miles of unbroken, undeveloped dunes—is the largest barrier island in the loggerhead’s nesting habitat. Just offshore from Cumberland Island are the only endangered right whale calving grounds on […]