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Army Corps scales back Georgia park closures after pressure from lawmakers

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The predicted closing of more than 20 recreational sites at lakes operated by the Army Corps of Engineers has been reduced to 11, following the intervention of 9th District Congressman Andrew Clyde—one of two congressmen representing the greater Athens area—6th District Congressman Rich McCormick, and Senator Raphael Warnock.

The Army Corps is now providing additional rangers to safely open more boat ramps and recreational sites on Lake Lanier.

Earlier this week, heading into the Memorial Day holiday weekend, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District said it would limit operations at the parks and temporarily close several campgrounds and beaches because of staffing issues.

Jeff has delivered morning news at WUGA Radio for more than a decade. He was among a team at CNN that won a George Foster Peabody Award in 1991 for an educational product based on the fall of the Soviet Union. He also won an Edward R. Murrow Award from Radio Television Digital News Association in 2007 for producing a series for WSB Radio on financial scams. Jeff is a graduate of the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University (MBA) and holds a BS in Business Administration from Campbell University, both in North Carolina.