1.   As important as any of the functions of popular recreation was the simple element of carnival introducing moments of release into hard and humdrum lives.

2.   Although some stretches of the river are popular recreation areas, others are heavily polluted by untreated residential and industrial waste.

3.   A new study raises the possibility that off-road activities increase the spread of the deadly hantavirus in mice that live near such popular recreation areas.

4.   The American Association for Nude Recreation has come out with a list of the most popular recreation activities to do whole nude.

5.   The most popular recreation area is North Salmon Creek Beach, not far from Bodega Head.

6.   Washouts block such popular recreation routes as the Suiattle, Cascade, Carbon and Stehekin River roads.

7.   If your playing softball -- like baseball and a popular recreation game with Americans -- and someone hits a long home run, let it go.

8.   The lake, once a popular recreation destination, is nearly covered by glacier.

9.   Then water from lakes in popular recreation areas began leaking into the tunnel, leaving what looks like giant mud puddles in the forests above.

10.   It is moving over Vitus Lake, a once popular recreation area that is now nearly covered by glacier.