Photos courtesy Dan Shultz (http://www.danschultzphoto.com)
Increasingly, however, it's getting harder to find natural quiet in America's wild places.
On Georgia’s Cumberland Island, the National Park Service is planning to start motorized tours that some say amount to a threat to natural silence.
The tours would allow visitors to hop in a van for easy access to the island's most remote areas.
Hikers and other quiet-seeking adventurers have been trying to prevent the tours for many years.
Now, it's just a matter of time before they begin.
Click below to hear the story heard on GPB's
All Things Considered:
Click below to hear an interview with Gordon
Hempton, author of "One Square Inch of Silence: One
Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World."
Click below to hear an interview with Mitty Ferguson,
of Cumberland Island's Greyfield Inn, talk about the
historic sites located in the island's wilderness areas:
All Things Considered:
Click below to hear an interview with Gordon
Hempton, author of "One Square Inch of Silence: One
Man's Search for Natural Silence in a Noisy World."
Click below to hear an interview with Mitty Ferguson,
of Cumberland Island's Greyfield Inn, talk about the
historic sites located in the island's wilderness areas:
Contributors: Dan Shultz provided photos. Emily Green produced the slideshow. Thanks to Andrew MacCartney and Carl Zornes at GPB web support.
