COVID-19’s ‘ongoing presence’ keeps Corps campgrounds on Lake Lanier closed until May 31 - Forsyth News

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COVID-19’s ‘ongoing presence’ keeps Corps campgrounds on Lake Lanier closed until May 31

Bolding Mill campground on Lake Lanier is closed due to COVID-19. The boat ramp at the park remains open to the public. - photo by By Scott Rogers

Bolding Mill campground — Bolding Mill campground on Lake Lanier is closed due to COVID-19. The boat ramp at the park remains open to the public. - photo by By Scott Rogers

The Army Corps of Engineers had hoped to open the campgrounds on May 18, but “the ongoing presence of COVID-19 in North Georgia is still a public health and safety concern to federal operations in the region,” according to a Corps news release.