Not muddy at all, your clarifications are excellent.  Much obliged, mate!
SteveA

On Oct 22, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Greg Lauer <gregory.la...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Good question
> 
> To be clear I am a Kiwi (New Zealand) who lives in Australia (and has spent 
> many years in the US) so my interpretation may be slightly muddled....
> 
> In general I consider a 'Park' to be a local area, generally managed by the 
> city or shire (county). Playgrounds, gardens, dog walking etc. Generally it 
> is for some form of recreation and/or green space in a city or urban area. 
> For example I would ask the kids to walk the dog in the park. 
> 
> In terms of county parks, state parks, etc we have slightly different 
> terminology. Part of this is related to a much smaller layer of government 
> and ownership (City/Shire, State, Commonwealth).  We don't have the multitude 
> of Federal agencies (USFS, NPS, BLM etc) or layers of city, country, state, 
> federal government. In most cases 'National Parks' are managed by State 
> authorities (equivalent to State Parks in US parlance) , and several (IIRC) 
> National Parks managed by Commonwealth (Federal) Authorities (like NPS). 
> States Forests are managed by State Authorities (although some are 
> privatised).
> 
> That said the use of 'park' to describe any public land is well understood in 
> AU.

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