The Natural Resource Recreation Zone allows active recreation with medium- to high-density use conducted in natural areas. There is still an emphasis on resource quality over recreation, but in this zone, higher levels of use are allowed.

1.   Natural Resources:

• Natural resources support visitor activities with only moderate impacts.
• Natural resources managed or modified to support visitor activities, but protected to the degree possible and appear natural.
• Human-caused habitat fragmentation minimized.
• Exotic species are contained or removed.
• Water quality maintained or restored.
• Timber harvest and vegetative management, including controlled burns, are allowed.

2.  Historic/Cultural Resources:

• Cultural resources preserved, rehabilitated, removed or allowed to waste away.
• Historic structures could be adaptively used for operational uses or educational purposes.

3.  Recreation Opportunities:

• Moderate to high levels of recreation compatible with natural character of the zone.
• Visitors engaged in outdoor activities in diverse land and water natural settings such as hiking, backpacking, back-country and rustic camping, bicycling, canoeing, kayaking, equestrian use, nature observation, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
• Hunting/trapping/fishing permitted in designated areas.
• Snowmobiling permitted in designated areas.

4.  Education Opportunities:

• Interpretive signage at trail heads, on the trail and at overlooks.

5.  Visitor Experience:

• High visitor encounters accommodated.
• Visitors engaged in outdoor activities in diverse land and water natural settings for recreation and education.
• Snowmobiling permitted in designated areas.
• Variable time commitment.
• Variable challenge and adventure.
• Moderate noise tolerance.
• Moderate interaction with DNR staff.

6.  Management Focus:

• Maintain use of zone appropriate to PRB Mission.
• Public safety.
• Protection of resources.
• ADA accessibility

  7.  Development:

• Moderate level of development of facilities for support of visitor activities including   restrooms, concrete/asphalt/gravel walkways and parking, trails, benches, picnic tables, rustic campsites, cabins and shelters for recreation and educational opportunities.
• Site hardening such as boardwalks, fencing and surfaced pedestrian paths are used as necessary to protect sensitive resources.
• Moderate accessibility.