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Preservationists warn new Cumberland Island visitation plan would ruin pristine seashore
A plan to allow more daily visitors to Cumberland Island off the coast of St. Mary's in south Georgia is drawing concerns the larger crowds would negatively affect the island's natural beauty and historic buildings. At its southern end are the ruins of Du
A plan to allow more daily visitors to Cumberland Island off the coast of St. Mary's in south Georgia is drawing concerns the larger crowds would negatively affect the island's natural beauty and historic buildings. At its southern end are the ruins of Dungeness, pictured above, a mansion built by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie’s brother Thomas in the 1880s. - photo by JIM HEALY/staff
ATLANTA — Fifty years after the Cumberland Island National Seashore was established, the National Park Service (NPS) is pushing a plan that essentially would double daily visitation to the remote barrier island.
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