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.Athletic Swirraning Pools Skating Rinks Tennis Courts Basketball Courts Playgrounds Hockey Rinks Golf Courses . Baseball/Softball Fields Football/Soccer Fields Water Fishing Piers Swimming Beaches . Ri ver Accesses Campgrounds Boat launches Picnic Areas *Natural Park-Like Areas TABLE 4-S.06 Facility Response Groups a Garden Fountains and Gardens Nature Study Centers Botanical Gardens Zoological Gardens Historical Interpretation *Natural Park-Like Areas *Archery Ranges Tra i1 s Bicycle Paths Wa 1 ki ng Paths. Hiking Trails Canoe Routes Cross Country Ski Trai1s ~Natural Park-Like Areas *Horseback Trails Thri 11 3-Wheel Drive Areas Dirt Bike Areas 4-Wheel Drive Areas Snowmobile Trails *Horseback Trails *Archery Ranges *Downhill Ski Areas Hunting Upland Game Hunting Waterfowl Hunting Rifl e Ranges Skeet/Trap Ranges *Archery Ranges * Included in more than one group. a Source: ~linnesota Department of Natural Resources, Office of Planning, Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. Data are from a 1984 survey of resident households. Responses were compiled statewide and by economic development region. The perceived needs in each region for facilities in the six groups are compared with statewide perceived needs in a series of bar charts (e.g., Region 4 on Fig. 4-S.31) -- charts for all regions are in Appendix B, Fig B-S.29 to B-S.41). On the regional charts, the height of eacn bar shows the percentage of households that expressed a need of at least 5 on the 1 to 7 scale for all of the facilities within that group. The foreground bar of a facility group represents the regional responses, and the background bar represents statewide responses. The statewide responses remain constant on each regional figure. The bar shading indicates whether or not the differencE between the region and the state is statistically significant, that is, reliable for use in recreation policy decisions. For example Region 4 households requested three facility groups (athletic, water, and trails) less frequently than did households statewide; yet, for only two of these (athletic and water) are the differences statistically significant. The remaining three facility groups (garden, thrill, and hunting) were requested more often in Region 4 than statewide. However, only for the hunting group is the difference from the statewide average statistically significant. For the state as a whole, the trail group of facilities received the highest frequency of ~desire more ~ responses (39 percent). 'u 4.056