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As featured in the MACON TELEGRAPH BY LAURA CORLEY MARCH 12, 2019 MACON, GA – When the people of Macon first made an effort to preserve the majestic grassy mounds on the east side of the Ocmulgee River, there was not enough money to save it all. It was 1934, and the United States was…

As featured in the MACON TELEGRAPH BY LIZ FABIAN  FEBRUARY 27, 2019 MACON, GA  – For more than eight years, Macon leaders have been working to create the midstate’s only national park. Their effort will become a reality with President Donald Trump’s signature. Tuesday, the U.S. Congress passed bipartisan legislation to expand the Ocmulgee National…

As featured in the MACON TELEGRAPH BY WAYNE CRENSHAW FEBRUARY 13, 2019 MACON, GA.  – Supporters of making Ocmulgee National Monument a national park scored a major new victory when the U.S. Senate for the first time approved the designation. Bills that would create the park have twice passed the House only to fall in the Senate,…

As featured in The Macon Telegraph on www.macon.com February 3, 2016 12:01pm BY STAFF REPORT [email protected] The Ocmulgee National Monument is one step closer to gaining National Historic Park status. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources gave unanimous approval of a measure that would expand the boundaries of the monument to…

The Ocmulgee National Park & Preserve Initiative (ONPPI) is seeking the people’s help and support to make sure HR 4991 – the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014 – is added to the list of bills that will receive a legislative hearing in the House Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental…

A bid to upgrade the name of the Ocmulgee National Monument has moved to the U.S. Senate. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., introduced a bill late last week that, if passed, would change the name of the monument to the Ocmulgee National Historical Park. Read the full article here.

The proposed legislation, called the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act of 2014, would expand the park’s acreage from about 700 acres to more than 2,000 acres and would change the name of the monument to the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park.

Popular Macon blogger Molly suggests that instead of asking what can a national park do for you, you should ask what can you do for a national parks!

"New entrance, more acres seen as stepping stones to great future" - Macon Telegraph