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Articles in June, 2005 issue of Parks & Recreation

• From the editor
  by Rachel Roberts
• No more guess with GIS: an integrated approach to park planning design and operations using GIS
  by John Hicks
• Play equipment
• Prevent tree trimming deaths
• Tunneling for parkland: a New Jersey highway project turns a traffic jam into an open space plan for neighboring residents
  by Jeffrey Grob
• Mower
• Divided by ocean, unified by parks: an exchange program has Australians turning in their boomerangs for Boston ballfields
  by Patricia Carey
• Recruiting others to the park and recreation profession: professionals should examine what attracts them to the job, and apply it to recruiting new faces to the field
  by Mary Parr
• World Aquatic Health Conference held in California
• BlazeSports takes home award
• Climbing system
• Beneficial outcomes approach improves management
  by John Marnell
• Did you know?
• Town enters record book for having the biggest heart
• Litter collector
• NRPA helped focus a career
  by Jamie Nogueiras
• How does your park rank?
• How to find it
• Climbing equipment
• The host with the most: park and recreation departments tap into the benefits of hosted technology
  by Dixon Tam
• 25th Annual Reitz Marketing & Revenue Sources Management School
• NRPA playground experts visit Sri Lanka
• Editor's note
• Turf system
• Decking
• Environmental summer camp
• Restroom buildings
• Debris vacuum
• Weaving a new Web: digital meeting places and Internet surveys emerge as new ways to reach park and recreation users
  by Ananda Mitra
• Bettering the teen scene: how one community saved its teens from committing crime by offering coffee and support
• Top grounds maintenance pros needed
• Aquatic play structure
• Shade protection
• If you don't count, your park won't count: estimating the number of city park users can be difficult, but is important to receiving funding
  by Peter Harnik
• Picture perfect
• Solar unit
• Modular shades
• First annual trail rider conference a success
• Park and recreation agencies partner for health: NRPA joins the front line to combat obesity
  by Lori Daniel
• Fighting for funding: NRPA needs all members to act now and save the Land and Water Conservation Fund state assistance program
  by Richard J. Dolesh
• Byting into technology
• Filter cleaner
• Calendar of events
• Helping hands needed for National Public Lands Day
• Making the connection: trails and paths can link park and recreation sites, promoting destinations and diversions
  by Barbara Dutton
• Leaving a trail behind: David Burwell has changed the landscape of trails forever
  by David Burwell