Recreation area
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A recreation area is a type of protected area designated in some jurisdictions.
By country
Canada
In the
province of British Columbia, recreation areas are lands set aside for recreational use. These lands are also being evaluated to determine whether the area should be "upgraded" to full protected area status, or returned to integrated resource management lands.[1]
United States
In the
National Recreation Areas are administered by several different agencies. They typically do not meet the strict guidelines to become national parks.[2]
In U.S. state park systems, recreation areas may also fail to meet some criteria to be designated
Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor
.
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Recreation areas.
- ^ Environment, Ministry of. "About BC Parks - BC Parks - Province of British Columbia". bcparks.ca. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
- ^ "What's In a Name? Discover National Park System Designations (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Retrieved 2020-10-14.
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