A portrait of one of the last unspoiled island ecosystems in the eastern US -- a chain of 18 islands that separate the inland shore from the Atlantic -- as well as the animals and plants that subsist there.

The islands played a colorful and vibrant role in the history of the Eastern Shore. Wildreness Regained tells the story of the many ways human lives touched the islands, and how the islands became protected as one of America's unique costal preserves.