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State, partners step in to save the wildness of Ceylon
An adult gopher tortoise at a burrow at Ceylon in Camden County
An adult gopher tortoise at a burrow at Ceylon in Camden County, an area once slated for development but now one of the largest protected wildlife areas on the east coast. Photo by Emily Ferrall/DNR.
WOODBINE, Ga. – It’s hard to overstate the value of Ceylon. Now a state-owned wildlife management area, only about two years ago the 24,000 acres in Camden County made up one of the largest unprotected wildlands on the U.S. East Coast.
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