Wilderness Watch is urging the National Park Service to preserve the wild characteristics Cumberland Island was set aside to protect. Unfortunately, the National Park Service (NPS) has historically and tragically failed to keep the promise of a wild Cumberland Island as it has allowed excessive and unlawful motor vehicle use in the Wilderness, suppressed naturally ignited fires at great detriment to the island’s ecology, prioritized saving structures rather than allow nature to reclaim the Wilderness, and the list goes on. The NPS’s Cumberland Island National Seashore Visitor Use Management Plan appears geared towards a substantial increase in visitor numbers and amenities, a transition from a relatively primitive experience to a more developed tourist experience.
Photo: Jerome Walker
Wilderness Watch
P.O. Box 9175
Missoula, MT 59807
P: 406-542-2048
E: wild@wildernesswatch.org
Minneapolis, MN Office
2833 43rd Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55406
P: 612-201-9266
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P.O. Box 9765
Moscow, ID 83843