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RECREATIONAL PURSUITS <br />Residents were asked about their household outdoor recrea­ <br />tional activities patterns. The two most popular activities <br />proved to be gardening and bird watching. On a more rigorous <br />level, exercise walking or jogging, bicycling, and hiking led the <br />list. Participation and/or observation was also examined for a <br />short set of team sports activities. Three games were found to <br />have a significant draw among city residents: softball or base- <br />ball, soccer or football, and outdoor ice skating. However, in <br />terms of recreational pursuits, Orono residents were most apt to <br />engage in solitary or family-oriented activities. <br />Summary and Conclusions; <br />residents tended to engage most often in. passive <br />outdoor recreational activities. Individualistic pursuits, such <br />as gardening and bird watching, attracted over sixty percent of <br />households. And, next ranked, but far below these other pur- <br />suits, bicycling and hiking each posted about thirtv percent avid participants. <br />Organized sports tended to draw far fewer enthusiasts. At <br />the top, softball or baseball had a twenty-one percent avid <br />audience. Outdoor ice skating and soccer/football remked in the <br />high teens for appeal. Hockey, basketball, and volleyball had smaller audience yet. <br />The recreational Interest profile of Orono residents sug­ <br />gests one major theme. There is an overwhelming orientation <br />toward unorganized activities and much participation in passive <br />recreation pursuits. Any la.-.d use or facilities planning by the <br />City should consider these very strong preferences. <br />I <br />I