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