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Interior Officials Seek To Preserve Island Paradise
Assateague Island, a long barrier near the Maryland Virginia coast, faces federal move to declare 12 miles of its center a wilderness area. Officials say the untouched coastline should stand as a monument to America, while locals fear limits on development could hurt Chincoteague tourism and farmed land.
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Island Paradise
Dave Riley
Associated Press
Assateague Island
Va.Md
Cap
Maryland-Virginia
Assateague
Nature
United States
Atlantic
America
Department of the Interior
Congress
J.C. Appel
Fish and Wildlife Agency
Virginia-Maryland State Line
Chincoteague
Everett
Federal Wildlife Refuge