"This is a nationally significant resource," said Georgia Conservancy Coastal Director Charles McMillan. "It's got a tremendous, unique ecological value. It's one of the few places you can go in the eastern U.S. and be in a truly intact wilderness." nyti.ms/2lfz2bP

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