1.   Congress appropriates the budget for national recreation.

2.   Except for a few villages on the islands, the national recreation area includes Ocracoke and Hatteras islands, and part of Bodie Island.

3.   From some cliffs of the Escalante, visitors can see Lake Powell, protected by a national recreation area on one side, a national monument on the other.

4.   Lawmakers defeated proposals to create a national parks closure commission to recommend shutdown of national recreation areas, national seashores and historical parks.

5.   Ranchers could let their cattle graze in a national recreation area.

6.   The area Martin is writing about contains a national park, three national recreation areas, and four wilderness areas.

7.   The bill, had it been successful, could have closed or privatized national monuments, national recreation areas, and historic sites across the nation.

8.   The harbor islands are about to be a national recreation area, but access to them involves money.

9.   These include a proposal by Rep. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., to put the area off limits to mining by declaring it a national recreation area.

10.   Your destination is Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, where you can picnic and hike in a national recreation area and possibly mingle with TV stars.By Susanne Hopkins.