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Land Resources / News / Georgia
State poised to buy 9595 acres of Oaky Woods
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution, by Aaron Gould Sheinin
November 29, 2010 
The state Department of Natural Resources is prepared to purchase 9,595 acres of pristine wilderness in the coveted Oaky Woods property of Middle Georgia at nearly double the cost it was offered and passed on in 2004, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has learned. The DNR board will meet next week in Atlanta to consider the $28 million deal. The money for the purchase would come from bonds approved in the current state budget. The property is part of a larger, 16,000-acre tract that the state currently leases. The state holds an option to purchase the property, but the option expires Dec. 31.
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