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Plans that call for up to 185 new hotel rooms as well as a new parking lot on Jekyll Island have residents and supporters worried about the future of the state-owned barrier island.
When wildfires erupted in South Georgia last month, the Georgia Department of Natural Resources was one of several state agencies that pitched in to fight them. The DNR sent heavy equipment and a couple dozen staffers to strengthen the fire lines, said Matt Elliott, Chief, Wildlife Conservation at the Wildlife Resources Division.
