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Park Reserves <br />Park reserves, like regional parks, are expected to provide for a diversity of outdoor recreational <br />activities. The major feature that distinguishes the park reserve from a regional park is that the park <br />reserve is also intended to provide, protect, and manage representative areas of the original major <br />landscape types in the metropolitan area and enable appreciation and enjoyment of the natural <br />resources that influenced the region's development. <br />Park reserves are substantially larger than regional parks because they are to contain a diversity of <br />natural resources with adequate space to protect and manage natural resources and provide for the <br />compatible outdoor activities. The minimum size for a park reserve is 1,000 acres, but larger park <br />reserves are desirable. To establish and maintain an uncompromised sense of nature and protect high - <br />quality natural resources, at least 80% of each park reserve should be managed as wild lands that <br />protect the ecological functions of the native landscape. This would permit up to 20% of a park reserve <br />to be developed for compatible recreational activities. <br />The eight regional landscape types that have been used in selecting areas for park reserves are: <br />Sand plains Lightly glaciated area <br />St. Croix ground moraine Mississippi River Valley <br />Des Moines ground moraine Minnesota River Valley <br />Terminal moraine St. Croix River Valley <br />As of 2014, the Regional Parks System included 12 park reserves developed and open to the public, <br />which are listed in Table 3 -3 and shown in Figure 3 -3. <br />Table 3 -3. Park Reserves Open to the Public (2014) <br />Park Reserves <br />1 Rice Creek Chain -of -Lakes Park Reserve <br />2 Miesville Ravine Park Reserve <br />3 Spring Lake Park Reserve <br />4 Murphy - Hanrehan Park Reserve <br />5 Baker Park Reserve <br />6 Carver Park Reserve <br />7 Crow - Hassan Park Reserve <br />8 Elm Creek Park Reserve <br />9 Lake Rebecca Park Reserve <br />10 Hyland- Bush - Anderson Lakes Park Reserve <br />11 Big Marine Park Reserve <br />12 Lake Elmo Park Reserve <br />Park Agency <br />Anoka County <br />Dakota County <br />Dakota County <br />Three Rivers (Scott County) <br />Three Rivers Park District <br />Three Rivers Park District <br />Three Rivers Park District <br />Three Rivers Park District <br />Three Rivers Park District <br />Three Rivers /Bloomington <br />Washington County <br />Washington County <br />