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Articles in April, 2004 issue of Parks & Recreation

• National Parks receive budget boost
• Sports make Green Mountain state great
• Wheelchair-accessible tables
• Calendar of events
• Orlando's secret garden: leave it better than you found it: forget theme parks—drive to Leu Gardens for a fantasy world in flowers
• $200,000 donation restores wetlands
• Sports brave stormy weather
• Member wins silver cup hospitality award
• Senate approves transportation equity act reauthorization
• Pool raises funds with Rockapella
• Smoker receptacle
• National Forum sets goals for the coming year
• Federal lawsuit filed fights for birds
• Call for 2004 nominations for the APRS awards
• GPS hanheld
• Saving America's Cities: the Speaker of the House forms a new task force to examine the issues facing the redevelopment of urban areas
  by Maya Avrasin
• Watershed reaps benefits of settlement agreement
• Aquatic course meets approval
• Concessions
• Lamentations from a Senator
  by Maya Avrasin
• Historic marker buoys marina
• Arsenic and your playground: the 2004 voluntary phase-out of arsenic-treated wood is giving park and recreation departments nationwide new reason to evaluate their parks
  by Richard J. Dolesh
• 10 national parks considered 'endangered'
• Artful display comes to rec center
• Trash receptacles
• The cream of Congress: this year's crop of Congressional Award winners distinguish themselves for their continued support of parks and recreation
  by Maya Avrasin
• New swimming and water safety program announced
• Adaptive swing
• Climber
• Sports star of the north
• Land acquisition yields 80 acres for California's parks
• Floating dock
• Playground panel
• Elite Athletes shine bright for AFRS
• Do folks in the recreation field get the last laugh? What it truly means to be a recreation and park professional
  by David Matthew Zuefle
• In defense of parks: a call to fight against minor impact transportation projects
  by David Lose
• Growing stronger: strength training for older adults
• Registration software
• 2004 NRPA Congress
• Regional parks deliver for 70 Years
• Boost sport camp quality
• Effective advocating: how to make your department's projects linger in Congress
  by Maya Avrasin
• How safe are our playgrounds? New report card shows significant improvement, but still room for more change
  by Susan D. Hudson
• Pest control
• Rubber mulch
• Talking tennis: tennis star James Blake serves up his thoughts on recreation
• Historic liqhthouse sheds new light for community
• Over the river and through the woods: grab your GPS, and be FTF out about a new park hobby called geocaching
  by Deborah J. Chavez
• Climbing up the walls: many facilities offer new climbing walls in the lobby for all to see
• Mid-West City makes recreation fun for all
• Anti-slip products
• Lighting
• Environmental studies program launched
• Bouncing back: how to develop resiliency through outcome-based recreation programs
  by Nelson Cooper