quantifies the state and national economic effects of trips to U.S. Forest Service-managed lands made for the primary purpose of hunting, fishing and wildlife-viewing activities.
This report measures the economic contributions from wildlife-based recreation. Economic contributions, sometimes referred to as economic importance, track all activity resulting from resident and non-resident expenditures. Economic contributions differ from economic impacts. Impacts measure the effects of new dollars brought into the local economy by non-residents. This report only measures economic contributions. Two different sets of economic contributions are included in this report. The first set is based primarily on trip-related expenditures. These estimates only consider expenditures made within 50 miles of each USFS unit. Expenditures beyond that range have a higher likelihood of being used for purposes other than USFS recreation. Also, equipment purchases such as binoculars, fishing tackle, firearms, etc, are largely excluded from these first set of estimates. This approach is best used when considering the economic contributions of USFS-based recreation occurring in communities located in or adjacent to USFS-managed lands.
The second set of estimates includes all expenditures made in-state for wildlife-based recreation on USFS-managed lands. A portion of annual equipment expenditures are pro-rated to each trip. This approach is best to explain the economic activity statewide related to USFS-based fish and wildlife recreation, including associated manufacturing, distribution and retail activities statewide.
This report measures the economic contributions from wildlife-based recreation. Economic contributions, sometimes referred to as economic importance, track all activity resulting from resident and non-resident expenditures. Economic contributions differ from economic impacts. Impacts measure the effects of new dollars brought into the local economy by non-residents. This report only measures economic contributions. Two different sets of economic contributions are included in this report. The first set is based primarily on trip-related expenditures. These estimates only consider expenditures made within 50 miles of each USFS unit. Expenditures beyond that range have a higher likelihood of being used for purposes other than USFS recreation. Also, equipment purchases such as binoculars, fishing tackle, firearms, etc, are largely excluded from these first set of estimates. This approach is best used when considering the economic contributions of USFS-based recreation occurring in communities located in or adjacent to USFS-managed lands.
The second set of estimates includes all expenditures made in-state for wildlife-based recreation on USFS-managed lands. A portion of annual equipment expenditures are pro-rated to each trip. This approach is best to explain the economic activity statewide related to USFS-based fish and wildlife recreation, including associated manufacturing, distribution and retail activities statewide.
