Save the Spit at Sea Island, GA - Part II

Developers are once again trying to develop a fragile, eroding part of the south tip of Sea Island called the Spit.  In 2015, the Surfrider Foundation Georgia Chapter worked with Altahama Riverkeeper and GreenLaw to prevent the issuance of building permits on this ecologically sensitive and important parcel of land on the Georgia Coast.  This campaign culminated in a lawsuit settlement that preserved 90% of the sea island spit area, including over 80 acres in a land conservation easement and funding for a five-year study on the coastal erosion and sand supply system in this part of coastal Georgia.  See more details here: http://www.surfrider.org/coastal-blog/entry/6512 

Most recently, the developers have revived a proposal to install a groin on Sea Island. As part of the 2015 settlement, the chapter and fellow plaintiffs reserved the right to challenge any beach nourishment or shoreline stabilization project.  The chapter and its allies maintain that placing a groin at the south end of the island would further exacerbate erosion downcoast of the groin, resulting in loss of beach for recreation and habitat.  

The US Army Corps of Engineers have approved a permit for the proposed project.  The Chapter and allies challenged the permit, but unfortunately the challenge was not successful.