by Katie Ross | May 24, 2019 | Economy, National Parks
According to a Department of the Interior (DOI) press release sent out Thursday, visitors to national parks contributed $40 billion to the U.S. economy and supported 329,000 jobs in hotels, restaurants, transportation, and recreation.
by Katie Ross | Feb 13, 2019 | National Parks, PCI, Recreation economy
On Tuesday, February 12 the Senate voted 98-2 to pass what some are calling the biggest conservation legislation in a decade, ensuring protections for millions of acres of land and hundreds of miles of rivers.
by Katie Ross | Jan 31, 2019 | National Parks, Recreation economy
As various federal agencies and businesses begin to assess the damage caused by the longest government shutdown in our nation’s history, impacts on public lands and the people who depend on them are coming to the forefront.
by Katie Ross | Aug 16, 2018 | Cultural Tourism, National Parks
Comment period opens for management plans at downsized Bears Ears and Grand Staircase National Monuments Lands cut from Grand Staircase National Monument part of a separate draft plan On August 15, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a notice...
by Katie Ross | Apr 3, 2018 | National Parks, Recreation economy
Report: national public lands in Western states see 290 million visits annually Estimated visitor numbers equivalent to 90 percent of U.S. population The Center for Western Priorities (CWP) released a report last week estimating that the Western states receive...
by Katie Ross | Jan 30, 2018 | National Parks, Recreation economy
Land and Water Conservation Fund up for permanent renewal Bill to fund conservation program gains large co-sponsorship A bipartisan bill (H.R. 502) to permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has gained 219 co-sponsors in the U.S. House of...
