Carol Ruckdeschel

Excerpt taken from "http://www.alumni.emory.edu/emorywire/issues/2014/october/features/stor…":

"Even with just a high school education to her credit, Ruckdeschel became an indomitable force in environmental awareness. She shot the ‘Hooch with President Jimmy Carter and took him to explore secret Indian caves, documented new species of lizards in hidden hollows of the north Georgia mountains, and after moving to Cumberland Island discovered that defenseless sea turtles were dying by the tens of thousands along the Georgia coast. Ruckdeschel began to raise awareness and enable powerful change in the fishing industry.

In 1981, Ruckdeschel’s work culminated in the formation of the Cumberland Island Wilderness. The federal designation protected the northern half of the island from development and safeguarded one of the most important sea turtle nesting sites in the world."

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