Central Georgia would be the home of the nation’s newest national park, under bipartisan bills introduced in both the House and Senate on Wednesday.
The legislation would create Ocmulgee Mounds National Park and Preserve in Macon as the country’s 64th national park, expanding and redesignating the existing Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park.
Georgia’s Democratic senators, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, introduced S. 4216 after the National Park Service last year threw water on the idea, saying the proposal did not meet its criteria to become a larger stand-alone site.
“It is thrilling to introduce this bipartisan legislation that would establish Georgia’s first national park and preserve right here in Macon-Bibb County and Middle Georgia,” Ossoff said in a statement.
