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The economic linkages between national forests and surrounding areas are one of the important ways public lands contribute to the well-being of private individuals and communities. One way national forests contribute to the economies of surrounding communities is by attracting recreation visitors wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Eric M. (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Portland, OR : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, October 2017.
Series:General technical report PNW ; 961.
Subjects:
Forest reserves > Recreational use > United States > Statistics.
Outdoor recreation > Economic aspects > United States > Statistics.
Forest reserves > Economic aspects > United States > Statistics.
National parks and reserves > Public use > Economic aspects > United States > Statistics.
National forests.
Public lands.
Surveys.
Data collection.
Forests.
Grasslands.
Forest recreation.
Skiing.
Economic impact.
Monitoring.
Forest reserves > Economic aspects.
Forest reserves > Recreational use.
Outdoor recreation > Economic aspects.
United States.
Technical reports.
Statistics.
Online Access:https://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/pubs/pnw_gtr961.pdf
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/55244
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Summary:The economic linkages between national forests and surrounding areas are one of the important ways public lands contribute to the well-being of private individuals and communities. One way national forests contribute to the economies of surrounding communities is by attracting recreation visitors who, as part of their trip, spend money in communities on the peripheries of national forests. We use survey data collected from visitors to all forest and grasslands in the National Forest System to estimate the average spending per trip of national forest recreation visitors engaged in various types of recreation trips and activities. Average spending of national forest visitors ranges from about $36 per party per trip for local residents on day trips to more than $740 per party per trip for visitors downhill skiing or snowboarding on national forest lands and staying overnight off forest in local areas. We report key parameters to complete economic contribution analysis for individual national forests and for the entire National Forest System.
Item Description:Cover title.
"October 2017."
Chiefly tables.
Print format not distributed to depository libraries.
Physical Description:70 pages ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24).