The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced at the end of June that it expanded its Outdoors Beyond Barriers program, nearly doubling the number of all-terrain wheelchairs it had across the state.
The Outdoors Beyond Barriers program is an outdoor accessibility initiative, which uses all-terrain wheelchairs to allow any visitors, regardless of physical limitations to enjoy Georgia’s state parks and outdoor spaces.
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The department said the program, which started with 11 all-terrain wheelchairs in 2022 in partnership with Aimee Copeland Foundation’s All Terrain Georgia, added nine more, for a total of 20 at 19 locations.
The wheelchairs, called Action Trachairs, were added to eight more state parks and historic sites for people with mobility impairments, according to DNR.
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