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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 Park Agency <br /> 1 Rice Creek Chain-of-Lakes Park Reserve Anoka County <br /> 2 Miesville Ravine Park Reserve Dakota County <br /> 3 Spring Lake Park Reserve Dakota County <br /> 4 Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve Three Rivers (Scott County) <br /> 5 Baker Park Reserve Three Rivers Park District <br /> 6 Carver Park Reserve Three Rivers Park District <br /> 7 Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Three Rivers Park District <br /> 8 Elm Creek Park Reserve Three Rivers Park District <br /> 9 Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Three Rivers Park District <br /> 10 Hyland-Bush-Anderson Lakes Park Reserve Three Rivers/Bloomington <br /> 11 Big Marine Park Reserve Washington County <br /> 12 Lake Elmo Park Reserve Washington County <br />