Parks & Recreation Crossword

April 3, 2017, Department, by National Recreation and Park Association

Parks Recreation Crossword 410

Test your park and recreation knowledge and download NRPA's monthly crossword puzzle! 

After completing the puzzle, check the answers to the crossword. As an added bonus for completing the crossword, you can enter a drawing to win a Fun Express $50 gift certificate when you check your answers. A winner will be randomly selected and notified April 28, 2017.

Across
1.    They make a dream of a park become a reality
6.    Innovation ____, meetings to share ideas for future park projects
9.    Fishy features
11.   San Juan Islands’ mammals
13.  Natural symbol of strength, 2 words
14.  Mammoth Cave is in this state
15.  Presidential mountain
17.  Favorite Uncle
19.  ___ of the Mist, Niagara Falls
21.  Rocky Mountain National Park locale
23.  Degree, for short
24.  Central Park’s original architect
26.  Ending for natural and arbor
27.  Director of Houston Parks and Recreation Dept. soon retiring, ___ Turner
28.  Large tree often lining city streets
29.  What?
30.  Lasting position, such as Ranger or Peace Officer
31.  Include
34.  Principles
35.  Part of an archipelago

Down
1.    They might lay out steps to preserve undeveloped land, for example
2.    Easy to approach and enter, keyword in park philosophy
3.    First letter in friendly
4.    ____ Grande
5.    Columbia River’s largest tributary
7.    Land measurements
8.    _____ Rock State Park, in Washington at the Grand Coulee
10.  Shade of blue
12.  Half
16.  President who founded the whole park movement
18.  “Parks without _____ “ important new concept in park planning
20.  Grand Coulee, for one
22.  Fauna in general
24.  What a surprise!
25.  Landcape architect’s area to use when designing
27.  Off-roading vehicle
32.  Directly, as in ___ east
33.  Exist