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Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

National Park Service Found Significance In Ocmulgee River Corridor, But Not For Inclusion In Park System

Although there are nationally significant resources along a 50-mile stretch of the Ocmulgee River in Georgia to protect through its addition to the National Park System, the National Park Service concluded that the area poses land-acquisition challenges and could be better managed by others.

Essay | Wandering Through Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

There are few outward signs that Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park is tucked into the middle of Macon, Georgia, surrounded by residential and commercial development. My family and I nearly drove past the entrance as our heads moved from the phone directions to the road and back again. But as soon as we followed the signature national park signs, it felt like a curtain of greenery wrapped itself around our car. We could hear sounds of the city, but all we saw were shades of emerald.

Biden Administration Seeking Nearly $57 Million For National Park System Land Acquisitions

Preserving historic battlefields, purchasing inholdings, acquiring wildlife habitat, and purchased water rights are among the National Park Service projects the Biden administration wants to tackle with nearly $57 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund for Fiscal 2022.
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A prehistoric earth lodge, Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

A view of the entrance to a prehistoric earth lodge at Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia

Located in Georgia, this national historical site has "17,000 years of continuous human habitation."  The many American Indian cultures that occupied this land built earthen mounds for their elite. Ocmulgee is the ancestral homeland of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation.

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