by Krystyna Dillard-Crawford | Apr 25, 2022 | Economy, Energy Development, Oil & Gas, Recreation Economy
Public lands leased to oil and gas companies lose value as current or potential recreation assets. The continued practice of leasing land with low potential for development gives preferred access to oil and gas companies over increasing demand for outdoor recreation...
by Krystyna Dillard-Crawford | Mar 24, 2022 | Energy Development, Oil & Gas, Recreation Economy
Abandoned oil and gas wells prevent rural towns from diversifying their economies away from extraction to other sustainable economic drivers such as outdoor recreation. Many communities in Colorado were founded for the purpose of resource extraction. From mining and...
by Krystyna Dillard-Crawford | Mar 19, 2021 | Economy, Recreation Economy, Uncategorized
Similar in scope to the employment environment following the 1933 Great Depression and subsequent creation of Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), President Biden’s new Civilian Climate Corps Initiative will give people jobs and tackle important work on...
by Krystyna Dillard-Crawford | Jan 21, 2021 | Economy, National Parks, Recreation Economy
National monuments continue to contribute significantly to Utah’s economy and plans are already being made to get outside as much as possible in 2021. Communities are preparing for a deluge of visitors to local public lands and national parks. And many local outdoor...
by Krystyna Dillard-Crawford | Jul 23, 2020 | Economy, Outdoor Outreach, Recreation Economy
In a move that will reverberate for generations to come, on July 22 the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed The Great American Outdoors Act with a bipartisan vote of 304 to 105. This historic legislation provides the necessary funding for the nearly $22...
