Saving Wildlife on Cumberland Island National Seashore: Kelly Cox at Defenders of Wildlife

About this episode

The episode discusses wildlife conservation efforts on Cumberland Island National Seashore with Kelly Cox from Defenders of Wildlife.

I'm excited to talk about one of my favorite places, Cumberland Island National Seashore here in coastal Georgia. I got word from the nonprofit Defenders of Wildlife that they are working to prevent some new proposed construction of large houses on Cumberland Island and increased recreational activity that will be disruptive to wildlife. We also talk about the wild horses who live there, as they were introduced to the island and they face some welfare issues and also cause some ecological issues for island habitat. As part of this discussion, we will consider the trump administration’s budgetary and staffing cuts to the National Park Service, but end this 20-minute segment on a positive note by discussing the Wildlife Corridors Act proposed in Congress, to help wild animals migrate safely between habitats on public lands. In Tune to Nature host Carrie Freeman leads this 29-minute conversation with guest Kelly Cox, the Senior Policy & Planning Specialist at Defenders of Wildlife, where she works to protect imperiled species and their habitats on national public lands. The Defenders of Wildlife website is https://defenders.org/ Kelly recommends that people follow Wild…

People in this episode

Host: Carrie Freeman

Guest: Kelly Cox

Topics covered

• wildlife conservation
• Cumberland Island
• Defenders of Wildlife
• ecological issues
• public lands
• legislation

Keywords

• Cumberland Island
• wildlife
• Defenders of Wildlife
• ecological issues
• Wildlife Corridors Act
• National Park Service
• conservation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Defenders of Wildlife, Wild Cumberland, National Park Service

Places: Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia

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