Found this article of interest, in relation to what we've discussed at recent meetings regarding 'positive economic impact of OHV use to/in communities near/adjacent to recreation areas'.
This article is primarily about sage grouse and western BLM lands containing bird habitat, but the text was more inclusive. Here are three paragraphs clipped from the article.
"Hunters, campers, fishermen, and others spent more than $623 million directly within 50 miles of Bureau of Land Management property in sagebrush ecosystems across more than 61 million acres, said the report by ECONorthwest, an economic consulting firm founded in Oregon in 1974."
"The most money was spent directly in Idaho with $126 million, the report said, followed by Nevada, $88 million; Wyoming, $87 million; Oregon, $75 million; Colorado, $50 million; and Utah, $39 million."
"The estimated 67.8 million visitor days to the bureau's sagebrush lands included 27 million primarily for camping and picnicking, 7.9 million for off-highway travel, 7.1 million for non-motorized travel, 5.7 million for hunting, 4.4 million for special events and activities and 4 million for viewing public land resources, the report said."
This article is primarily about sage grouse and western BLM lands containing bird habitat, but the text was more inclusive. Here are three paragraphs clipped from the article.
"Hunters, campers, fishermen, and others spent more than $623 million directly within 50 miles of Bureau of Land Management property in sagebrush ecosystems across more than 61 million acres, said the report by ECONorthwest, an economic consulting firm founded in Oregon in 1974."
"The most money was spent directly in Idaho with $126 million, the report said, followed by Nevada, $88 million; Wyoming, $87 million; Oregon, $75 million; Colorado, $50 million; and Utah, $39 million."
"The estimated 67.8 million visitor days to the bureau's sagebrush lands included 27 million primarily for camping and picnicking, 7.9 million for off-highway travel, 7.1 million for non-motorized travel, 5.7 million for hunting, 4.4 million for special events and activities and 4 million for viewing public land resources, the report said."