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Site Selection Criteria:
• 20 acres or more of restorable wetlands
• Lands where State or Federal dollars have not or will not be used for acquisition
• Previously-drained hydric soils or prior-converted wetlands

Waukesha County Parks and Open Space Planning Objectives

1. Create an Integrated System of Park, Recreation, and Open Space Areas
2. Encourage Local Municipalities to Provide and Facilitate Active Recreation Opportunities

3. Provide Opportunities for Natural Resource-based Outdoor Recreation
a. Land-based Opportunities
b. Water-Based Opportunities
4. Protect Natural Resources

The Outdoor Recreation and Open Space Planning Objectives for Waukesha County will be met through a

combination of State, County, or Local Municipality efforts. The following pages further define these objectives,

and identify the principles, from SEWRPC Planning Report No. 27, that support them as well as the standards by
which decisions and recommendations should be evaluated and implemented.

OBJECTIVE 1 - An Integrated System of Park, Recreation, and Open Space Areas
To provide an integrated system of public general use outdoor recreation sites and related open space areas
which will afford the resident population of the County adequate opportunities to participate in a wide range
of outdoor recreation and outdoor education activities.

Principle – The Benefits of an Integrated Park, Recreation and Open Space System
The attainment and maintenance of good physical and mental health is an inherent right of all residents
of the County. The provision of public general use outdoor recreation sites and related open space areas
contributes to the attainment and maintenance of physical and mental health by providing opportunities
to participate in a wide range of both intensive and extensive outdoor recreation activities. Moreover,
an integrated park and open space system properly related to the natural resource base, such as the
existing surface water network, can generate the multiple benefits of satisfying recreational demands in
an appropriate setting, protecting and preserving valuable natural resource amenities and providing
educational opportunities. Finally, an integrated system of public general use outdoor recreation sites
and related open space areas can contribute to the orderly growth of the County by lending form and
structure to urban development patterns.

Principle – Public General Use Outdoor Recreation Sites
Public, general use outdoor recreation sites can help ensure the physical and mental well-being of the
community by providing opportunities to participate in such athletic recreational activities such as
baseball, swimming, tennis, ice-skating and other similar activities, as well as the opportunities to

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