National Park Service: A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States

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A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States

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Contents

Foreword

Supplemental Foreword

Introduction

Recreational Habits and Needs

Aspects of Recreational Planning

Present Public Outdoor Recreational Facilities

Administration

Financing

Legislation

A Park and Recreational Land Plan

A Study of the Park and Recreation Problem of the United States

A Park and Recreational Land Plan for the United States (continued)

IOWA

THE DISTRIBUTION of the population is remarkably uniform and the larger cities are fairly evenly spaced. Only about 40 percent of the people are classified as urban. Agriculture is the dominant occupation.

The State park system is based upon the Iowa 25-year Conservation Plan of 1932, no revisions of which have been made subsequently. The State is well supplied with recreation areas of various types, including scenic sites and areas developed for active recreational use. The system includes a number of small holdings comparable to county and metropolitan parks in some of the other States, and several of the proposed new areas follow this same pattern.

The recreation program should be broadened to include additions to a number of existing holdings; several new State areas for active recreation and for the preservation of historic and wildlife values; a large acreage of forests and wildlife lands to be held as reservations, some of which might eventually be devoted to recreational use; establishment of county or metropolitan recreation systems for Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Davenport, and other of the larger cities, and recreation areas in and near municipalities to serve urban and nearby rural residents; and a consideration of a system of parkways and freeways.

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FEDERAL

National forests:
65. Chequest Purchase Unit
66. Chariton Purchase Unit
79. Keosauqua Purchase Unit

National wildlife areas:
40. Union Slough Wildlife Area	632.8
103. Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge	24,701.3
Total	25,334.1

Proposed National Parkway:
109. Mississippi River

STATE

State parks:
1. Waubonsie	600	240
3. Lake Manawa	750
7. Lewis and Clark	315
8. Stone	912
9. Oak Grove	101
12. Mill Creek	157
16. Cold Springs	60
18. Blackhawk Lake	341
19. Storm Lake	20
24. Pikes Point	5
25. Gull Point	77	5
27. Arnold Park Pier	.2
28. Inn area	7.3
30. Fort Defiance	190
34. Lake of Three Fires	385
36. Springbrook	695
41. Ambrose A. Call	130	80
43. Dolliver	399	100
45. Ledges	681	500
46. Pammel	242
48. Lake Aquabi	560	200
49. Walnut Woods	261
53. Pilot Knob	379
54. Rice Lake	471
55. Clear Lake	27
56. Beeds Lake	258	25
57. Pine Lake	456	44
61. Red Haw Hill	659
63. Sharon Bluffs	147
64. Lake Wapello	1,130
68. Lake Keomah	366
72. Heery Woods	380
78. Lacey-Keosauqua	2,227
87. Echo Valley	100
90. Farmington	102
92. Oakland Mills	110
93. Lake MacBride	691	80
94. Palisades-Kepler	623	100
95. Backbone	1,398	125
98. Wapsipinicon	232
100. Danville area	613	329
101. Flint Hills	102
102. McGregor areas	544	446
106. Wild Cat Den	291	245
110. Bellevue	173	127
Total	18,367.5	2,646

Recommended State parks:
2. Westwind
5. Persia
13. Washta
14. Bayer
15. Essex
17. Fiscus
35. Bridgewater
47. Grand River
59. Jasper
60. Red Rock
62. Wayne County
69. Poweshieke County
70. Tama County
73. Mitchell County
74. Cedar Falls-Waterloo
76. Benton
80. South English
81. Belle Plaine
99. Rochester
107. Wheatland

State monuments:
10. Gitchie-Manito	143
21. Indian Village	5.4
26. Pillsbury Point	2.5
42. Woodmans Hollow	63
44. Barkley Memorial	40
85. Fort Atkinson	6
96. Bixby	69
108. Maquoketa Caves	83
Total	411.9

Recommended State monuments:
22. Ocheyedan
91. First School House
105. Whitewater Canyon

State forests:
6. Preparation Canyon	167
20. Wanata Peterson	149
88. Brush Creek Canyon	215
104. White Pine Hollow	610
111. Yellow River	4,289
Total	5,430

State wildlife areas:
23. Trappers Bay	87
29. Mini-Wakon	18
31. Lost Island	27
32. Rush Lake	62
33. Swan Lake	230
37. Twin Lake	15
39. Okamanpedan	18
52. Eagle Lake	20
82. Twin Springs	6
84. Sieverts Springs	16
Total	499

State waysides:
58. Lepley	10
71. Beaver Meadows	71
75. T. F. Clarke	24
97. Silver Lake	15
Total	120

Recommended parkways:
11. Sioux City to Okoboji
38. Okoboji to Des Moines
51. Des Moines River
86. Northeast Loop
109. Mississippi River

County parks:
77. Clay (2 areas)	80
83. Hamilton (2 areas)	58
Total	138

LOCAL

Municipal parks:
67. Council Bluffs (3 areas)	340
89. Des Moines (1 area)	160
112. Newton (2 areas)	84
113. Oskaloosa (2 areas)	15
114. Ottumwa (1 area)	44
115. Centerville (1 area)	160
116. Fairfield (1 area)	40
Total	843

Proposed metropolitan park systems:
4. Council Bluffs (and Omaha)
50. Des Moines

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