The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is moving to privatize lodge parks in the state, as part of fulfilling a state mandate to become, among other things, more self-sufficient. But recent moves and ones taking place late last year have prompted outrage and concerns, particularly over how law enforcement will be handled. “We’ve been working over the last four years to do lots of things on lots of fronts,” said Becky Kelley, director of the DNR’s State Parks & Historic Sites division.
State to privatize its lodge parks by July 1