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A recreation area is a type of
A recreation area is a type of protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
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.United States
In the United States, National Recreation Areas are administered by several different agencies. They typically do not meet the strict guidelines to become national parks. In U.S. state park systems, recreation areas may also fail to meet some criteria to be designated state parks, such as having multiple non-contiguous properties. Size is not necessarily a defining criterion. For instance, in Michigan, the largest state recreation area,Waterloo Recreation Area
Waterloo State Recreation Area is the third-largest park in Michigan, encompassing over of forest, lakes and wetlands. Located in northeast Jackson County and parts of Washtenaw County, the park is the largest in the Lower Peninsula of Michiga ...
is while the smallest state park is the Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named ''Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor'') is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International R ...
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References
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