OUTDOOR RECREATION

Outdoor recreation is more than a quality of life issue for residents of the
Great Lakes Region. It is a way of life.

* Six hundred and thirty-seven state parks in the Region accommodate more than
250 million visitors each year. Fifty-two National Park Service areas include
two national parks, four national lakeshores and 17 national historic sites.

* The Region has 191 downhill ski areas (39% of the nation's total); 47,000
miles of snowmobile trails and more than 5,000 miles of cross country ski
trails.

* Golf enthusiasts can select from 4,659 golf courses; all eight Great Lakes
states are ranked in the top 25% of total U.S. courses.

* One-third of the nation's anglers (15 million) reside or recreate in the
Great Lakes Region and nearly four million of them fish the Great Lakes.
Expenditures in 1985 totalled $7.4 billion. Nearly 5.5 million hunters spend
more than $2.6 billion annually.

* More than 3.5 million registered boats are found in the Region and six
states rank in the nation's top ten in total number.


THE OHIO STATE FAIR CONSISTENTLY DRAWS MORE THAN THREE MILLION PEOPLE AND IS
USUALLY RANKED ONE OR TWO IN THE COUNTRY EACH YEAR.