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Core. It onou|d te capable of aine|tering several car icacJs of arr/`�a!souTI cZ �he <br /> rain' with �erhaps a roofed deck. <br /> n� <br /> ' <br /> �irect|y south of ��o �dminis�ru-ive building is a public picnic areo- rio aosca <br /> U� <br /> pravides --ver|ap and interface between pub|ic access and the camp. It w||i <br /> used for ''visitor day'' -activities, a waiting area for People oe|iver/:g and <br /> retrieving c-amPara, and as a picnic and gatherins ground. -it would nave a �p <br /> large timber play structure' The large open sheiter would prozect users f:rom <br /> the elements while ading a human ide.ntity and sc--|e to the area. Pubiic <br /> reotroomoand a drinking fountain should be available. <br /> The play structure /n the p�b||c -area, would an in-legrazard s/stem tha-1 <br /> combines number of activities linked on _= sin5ies7,ruct:re. T:is arrangeme:-, <br /> increases the options available to the ch:|d' use a wide range of :nctor skills, ~� <br /> increases the interest and challenge, stimulates imagination and ai|cwothe free <br /> flow of play. Here an ordinary timber structure becomes a boat, a castle, a �� <br /> p|ane,or whatever the child imagines. There could be shaded benches from <br /> which adults could observe play nctivitieo. It would provide a small, group �- <br /> picnic site away from the camp core. <br />� The chapel -building wou|d remain in its location and eventua!|y take or, another <br /> purpose when the new chapel is in place. It (and aomeother tuiidinga) would <br /> benefit from u detailed landscape plan. Of particular concern ia. o:rfa�_e water <br /> drainage away from the structure' soil compaction' and grass health in high <br /> traffic areas. <br /> The directors residence will remain essentially unchanged' �= <br /> The Nature Preserve consists of mature hardwood trees, shrub N�8 <br /> undergrowth,and native ground covers. This ecologically significant oak- <br /> hickory plant association should be protected as ateaching area to demonstrate N00 <br /> how Minnesota looked before inroads by urbanization and agriculture. The <br /> camper's appreciation of the area would be increased by nature trails with <br /> 22 <br /> �� <br />