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

MINNESOTA

ELEVEN COUNTIES in the northwestern and northeastern sections, representing 25 percent of the area of the State, have a population density of less than 10 persons per square mile. Total rural population has increased only slightly since 1900, and the actual farm population decreased between 1920-30. Larger urban centers have increased markedly.

The major urban requirements center around the Twin Cities area. Although exceptionally well supplied with municipal facilities, this great metropolitan population lacks readily accessible public parks and other recreational areas within 1 or 2 hours' driving time.

Needs of the populations of other cities require not only a greater amount of municipal facilities, but also well-distributed rural recreation areas.

The needs of rural districts fur the natural type of recreational area will be well solved when the State's announced policies are carried out. There remains the need for the gregarious variety of recreation other than that found in most State holdings or in national forests. The satisfaction of this need requires joint efforts by counties and municipalities to provide, in or quite near the latter, intensive recreational developments reasonably accessible to rural residents as well as to people in the municipalities.

Minnesota deservedly enjoys a high place in tourist recreation and continuous efforts should be made to conserve the natural and historic resources, for their inspirational and recreational value to residents of the State and to visitors from other States.

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FEDERAL

National monument:
3. Pipestone115.4

Recreational demonstration area:
117. St. Croix18,499

National forests:
48. Chippewa561,702
92. Superior1,823,175
     Total
12,384,877

Soil Conservation Service land development projects:
12. Beltrami project215
88. Pine Island project210
     Total
25

National wildlife areas:
14. Mud Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge60,216.7
23. Talcot Lake Refuge811
36. Tamarac22,441
76. Mulle Lacs.6
96. Rice Lake9,751
135. Upper Mississippi Wildlife and Fish Refuge14,478
     Total
107,698.3

Proposed National parkway:
142. Mississippi River



STATE
State parks:
1. Mound Springs194.90310
2. Split Rock Creek227.64
4. Toqua Lakes40
6. Buffalo River280404
10. Middle River285
11. Two Rivers711.761,354
16. Pomme de Terre363.5170
21. Camden469.96
22. Lake Shetek184.62200
30. Monson Lake198.958
32. Lake Carlos403.56596.44
33. Inspiration Peak82
38. Itasca31,816160
41. Lake Bemidji205.48460
56. Sibley354.59590
61. Alexander Ramsey185.381.10
64. Minneopa836.48
66. Cottonwood River836.48
68. Fort Ridgely214120
87. Scenic2,120.303,230
106. Kaplan Woods180
109. Oronoco10550
115. Interstate154.14
120. Jay Cooke3,3753,288
132. Gooseberry Falls637.83430
136. Whitewater688.28315
141. Beaver Creek Valley325.17675
144. John A. Larsch350.20600
     Total
45,099.85
12,901.68

Proposed State parks:
19. Lac qui Parle
900
55. Cold Spring
700
62. Jackson Martin
500
72. Wright-Anoka-Sherburne
600
78. Mille Lacs
1,000
82. Cross Lake
1,000
104. Minnesota Valley
1,000
105. Nerstrand Woods
900
107. Faribault-Freeborn
500
108. Mower-Fillmore
600
113. Ignatius Donnelly
600
134. Frontenac
350
146. Cascade (existing Wayside Area)

     Total
8,650

State monuments:
5. Sam Brown Memorial1
9. Old Crossing Treaty620
24. Wood Lake1
25. Joseph R. Brown310.50
27. Camp Release17.30
29. Chippewa Mission1727
53. Charles A. Lindberg110.42
57. Acton.105
58. Schwandt.10.90
60. Birch Coulee8280
65. Traverse des Sioux2.27
67. Milford1
97. Moose Lake.10
98. Hinckley.10
100. Brook Park.25
     Total
241.64
143.40

State monument:
45. Fort Charles
200

State forests:
37. Smoky Hills

39. White Earth

40. Mississippi Headquarters

42. Black Duck, Buena Vista

44. Beltrami

46. Northwest Angle

47. Koochiching, Pine Island, Washish

49. Third River

51. Foot Hills, Paul Bunyon

52. Crow Wing, Pillsbury

75. Rum River

79. Bay Lake, Mille Lacs

83. Land O'Lakes

86. George Washington

91. Kabetogama

94. Savanna

95. Fond do Lac

118. St. Croix

119. Namadji

123. Cloquet Valley

125. Burntside

129. Finland

150. Grand Portage

     Total
31,335,170

State waysides:
7. Hawley

8. Climax

15. Thief River Falls

17. Pomme de Terre53
18. Appleton

20. Redwood River

26. Granite Falls

28. Montevideo

31. Lake Brophy

34. Hewitt

35. Ottertail

54. Long Prairie

70. Christmas Lake

71. Buffalo

73. Princeton

74. Milaca

80. Garrison

81. Pine Lake

84. Spring (South Grand Rapids)

89. Little Fork

90. Indus

93. Lion's Spring

99. Hinckley

101. Cambridge

110. Pine Island

111. Kenyon

112. Hastings

114. North Stillwater15
122. Palmer

127. Isabella

128. Temperance

130. Palisades Head

131. Gooseberry

133. Red Wing Quarry

138. Fountain

139. Lanesborough

140. Preston

145. Cascade2,965
147. Grand Marais

149. Flute Reed

     Total
3,033

Recommended parkways:
59. Minnesota River

63. Des Moines River

85. North Woods

116. St. Croix River

142. Mississippi River

148. Lake Superior



LOCAL

Recommended metropolitan park systems:
103. Minneapolis-St. Paul.—All or parts of Ashington, Anoka, Ramsey, Hennepin, Wright, Carver, Scott, and Dakota Counties

121. Duluth—Parts of St. Louis and Carleton Counties, and part of Douglas County in Wisconsin


County parks:
50. Lyon (1 area)27
85. Ramsey (3 areas)300
143. Winona (1 area)27
     Total
354

Municipal parks:
69. Crookston (1 area)110
77. Duluth (1 area)328
124. Minneapolis (6 areas)1,200
125. Albert Lea (1 area)30
     Total
1,668

1 Area under Federal administration June 1938.

2 Recreational area developed as part of larger project.

3 Statement March 1939.

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