But that takes more time. A place people can drive right up to becomes a dump overnight. During the same state Department of Natural Resources board meeting in which members voted to buy the Jordan Company land, a DNR official gave a report on state parks. He said bears are really coming out of the woods up in north Georgia this year, so DNR now stresses to its food vendors that all their garbage cans must be bear-proof. Getting park visitors to control their trash is more of a challenge, he said.
People leaving a hillside rental cabin sometimes just throw their excess food off the rear balcony.
They have to be warned repeatedly. Please do not make the bears pose with your children for photographs. It worries me to think that by developing a state park on that Jordan Company land, we run the risk of luring stupid people here. If our past experience is any indication, the more developed the park, the more stupid people we'll get. The tract is generally hilly and as conceived, its park would offer a boat ramp, bank fishing, camping and trails.