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04-10-2016, 01:54 PM
Obama’s National Monuments Have Been An Economic Boon For Local Economies
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The national monuments that President Obama has created or expanded are generating more than $156 million in local economic activity annually, according to a study (http://www.smallbusinessmajority.com/small-business-research/monuments-impact-report/index.php) published Wednesday.
The report, which was conducted by Colorado-based BBC Research and Consulting on behalf of an organization representing small businesses, looked at the economic activity of out-of-town visitors traveling at least 60 miles to their destinations. It found that the impact to the local workforce of such non-local visitor spending is equivalent to supporting 1,820 jobs.
“Too often, we only view land as valuable when it is being developed, mined, drilled or logged,” U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) said in a statement. “But, as this report shows, we can protect the most magnificent areas of our nation while also providing real opportunities for local economies.”
The analysis focused on 10 of the 22 monuments that President Obama has designated since taking office. These 10 include only monuments that protect natural or cultural resources — such as the San Gabriel Mountains in California (http://www.fs.fed.us/visit/san-gabriel-mountains-national-monument) or Basin and Range in Nevada (http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/nlcs_new/Basin_and_Range_National_Monument.html), and don’t include monuments protecting historic resources.
The estimated economic benefits are likely to grow in the coming years because newly designated historical monuments are in the process of expanding visitor hours, and national monuments created to protect natural and cultural resources tend to grow in popularity after designation. And Obama’s monuments are already popular: between 2011 and 2015, according to the report, these monuments saw about 3.9 million visitors each year.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/04/06/3767045/obama-public-lands-good-for-economy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Cli mate+Progress%29
Meanwhile, the austerian, kill-govt Repugs continue to under fund national parks budget, fire fighting resources, etc, etc.
Strategy?
fuck up govt to prove that govt is fucked up, justifying privatization to predatory for-profit assholes.
http://cdn.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/06103604/monuments-April-6-2015-1024x717.jpg
The national monuments that President Obama has created or expanded are generating more than $156 million in local economic activity annually, according to a study (http://www.smallbusinessmajority.com/small-business-research/monuments-impact-report/index.php) published Wednesday.
The report, which was conducted by Colorado-based BBC Research and Consulting on behalf of an organization representing small businesses, looked at the economic activity of out-of-town visitors traveling at least 60 miles to their destinations. It found that the impact to the local workforce of such non-local visitor spending is equivalent to supporting 1,820 jobs.
“Too often, we only view land as valuable when it is being developed, mined, drilled or logged,” U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) said in a statement. “But, as this report shows, we can protect the most magnificent areas of our nation while also providing real opportunities for local economies.”
The analysis focused on 10 of the 22 monuments that President Obama has designated since taking office. These 10 include only monuments that protect natural or cultural resources — such as the San Gabriel Mountains in California (http://www.fs.fed.us/visit/san-gabriel-mountains-national-monument) or Basin and Range in Nevada (http://www.blm.gov/nv/st/en/prog/nlcs_new/Basin_and_Range_National_Monument.html), and don’t include monuments protecting historic resources.
The estimated economic benefits are likely to grow in the coming years because newly designated historical monuments are in the process of expanding visitor hours, and national monuments created to protect natural and cultural resources tend to grow in popularity after designation. And Obama’s monuments are already popular: between 2011 and 2015, according to the report, these monuments saw about 3.9 million visitors each year.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/04/06/3767045/obama-public-lands-good-for-economy/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+climateprogress%2FlCrX+%28Cli mate+Progress%29
Meanwhile, the austerian, kill-govt Repugs continue to under fund national parks budget, fire fighting resources, etc, etc.
Strategy?
fuck up govt to prove that govt is fucked up, justifying privatization to predatory for-profit assholes.