©MYLES MELLOR Parks & Recreation Crossword Across 1 Type of plastic that is unrecyclable and clogging up the oceans 3 Raised barrier used as a protection from future flooding 6 Encourage and motivate 9 Goal 11 Parks can help transform this often neglected urban area, 2 words 12 ___ and about 14 " ___ a small world... " 15 Great Lake 17 One of NRPA's three strategic pillars 19 Scandinavian airlines abbr. 21 Unusual amounts of surface water due to heavy rains 24 Sundial number 26 Great solution for recycling organic materials 28 Trucker's radio 31 Digging tool, used to plant a tree 32 Skating venue, 2 words 33 Perched 34 Baby bird's bed 35 Stately trees Down 1 Dramatic increases in these are making recycling in its current form impossible to sustain 2 Sport often available in large parks 3 Sound from a dog park 4 Increase 5 Cambridge univ. 7 Safeguards 8 Decompose 10 First word of 'America' 13 Navy ship intro. 14 Popular 16 Numerical relationship 18 Polite address to a customer 20 State where you can visit Zion National Park abbr. 21 Small drink 22 Keeps 23 Awe at a beautiful sight 25 Effect 26 Instances 27 Large area of water, threatened environmentally due to trash being dumped in it 29 Two wheelers 30 Incline Complete the crossword and visit www.nrpa.org/crossword to verify your answers and to enter into a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card and a Park and Rec Month T-shirt. A winner will be randomly selected May 31, 2019. 76 Parks & Recreation | M AY 2 0 1 9 | W W W. PA R K S A N D R E C R E AT I O N . O R G