Capitol Beat News Service : Hope for Ocmulgee National Park already growing thanks to state agency

The Georgia Department of Transportation has donated 136 acres of land to the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, a significant step in the ongoing effort to establish the area as Georgia's first national park. The donated land, mostly wetlands, was acquired by the agency in 1998 and will now be preserved as part of the expanding park. This move is seen as a positive development for the bipartisan push to elevate the Ocmulgee Mounds to national park status, which advocates say could bring a major boost to tourism and the local economy. Read more here.