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OBJECTIVE 2 – Encourage Local Municipalities to Provide and Facilitate Active Recreation
Opportunities
Provide sufficient outdoor recreation facilities to ensure the residents adequate opportunities to participate in
active recreation activities.

Note: Sites and facilities for active recreational facilities are provided by city, village and town
governments and, therefore, are not addressed specifically in this plan.

Principle – The Benefits of Active Recreation Activity
Participation in active outdoor recreation activities including basketball, baseball and softball, soccer,
ice-skating, playfield and playground activities, pool swimming, and tennis provides an individual with
both the opportunity for physical exercise and the opportunity to test and expand physical capability.
Such activities also provide an outlet for mental tension and anxiety as well as a diversion from other
human activities. Competition in the various intensive non-natural resource-based activities also provide
an opportunity to share recreational experiences, participate in team play and gain an understanding of
other human beings.

Standard
1. A sufficient number of facilities for participation in active recreation activities should be provided
throughout the County.

OBJECTIVE 3 – Provide Opportunities for Natural Resource-based Outdoor Recreation Activity
Provide sufficient, intensive natural resource-based outdoor recreation and education activities to allow the
resident population of the County adequate opportunities for participation.

Principle – The Benefits of Natural Resource-based Outdoor Recreation Activities.
Participation in intensive, resource-oriented outdoor recreation activities including camping, golf,
picnicking, downhill skiing and swimming allows individuals to experience the exhilaration of
recreational activity in natural surroundings as well as an opportunity for nature-base physical exercise.

Standard
1. A sufficient number of facilities for participation in natural resource-based outdoor recreation
activities should be provided throughout the County.
2. The Waukesha County Park System Park Classifications Guidelines for County Park Facilities
should be met (See Page 6).

OBJECTIVE 3a – Provide Land-based Outdoor Recreation Activities
Provide sufficient outdoor recreation facilities to afford the resident population of the County adequate
opportunities to participate in land-based outdoor recreation activities.

Principle – The Benefits of Land-Based Outdoor Recreation Activities
Participation in extensive land-based outdoor recreation activities including bicycling, hiking, horseback
riding, nature study, pleasure driving, ski touring and snowmobiling provides opportunity for interaction
with natural, cultural, historic and scenic features. In addition, such activities may improve
environmental awareness and contribute to environmental literacy. It also will provide an individual with
a wider range of vision and comprehension of all forms of life both as this life may have existed in the
past and as it exists in the present. Similar to intensive resource-oriented outdoor recreation activity,
the family unit also can participate in extensive land-based outdoor recreation activities that may
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