differences in compensation were based on property improvements and not race. listen. >> to turn this land back over to the original owners is not only legally incorrect, but economically it borders on a disaster for this very poor county, macintosh county. >> reporter: you see the land is currently in use as a national wildlife refuge, which attracts 90,000 visitors a year to this sparsely populated, rural georgia county. jon: what about the environmental impact of letting them go back in, would that be a factor? >> reporter: yeah that is certainly a big concern from the federal government. the federal government says this spot where i am right now is home to more than 300 bird species, including some endangered wood stork populations. refuge managers say allowing even moderate residential