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i set acreage to 5000 (from 5400) as this is what the 'friends of forest park' website says, and it is close to the official parks and rec site number (which is given later in the sentence). i am not sure where 5400 came from, but if some source can be given, please change it back and reference it. Jon Lon Sito 09:19, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

5,400 came from one of the references, but I don't see it linked anywhere now. Googling turns up these:

• Walk about magazine Middle of the page under Forest Park Stone House Loop
• Friends of Forest Park mountain biking map See bottom of page 2, Forest Park Facts
• Friends of Forest Park advocacy draft (as .doc) In caption on cover photo

The most authoritative would seem to be the park department's fact page which says at the bottom:

... 4,200 acres were formally dedicated as Forest Park on September 23, 1948. Additional acres have been added over the years; Forest Park now includes over 5,000 wooded acres making it the largest forested natural area within city limits in the United States. (emphasis added)

As these references could be repeating an unofficial number, I'm content to leave it at 5,000. EncMstr 16:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)