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US Department of Interior Propaganda Press Release on Imaginary Economic Engine 

3/3/2014

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Hey Folks,

The Secretary of the Department of Interior, Sally Jewell, is playing with the figures.  Everything she states in the following press release may be true, but it ignores how much the taxpayer is subsidizing the department, and the amount of jobs that would have been created by leaving private property in the hands of individuals.  Please read the DOI's Funding Summary for 2014 in the file on the right before you read the Press Release.  Then ask yourself if the Department is really worth the money when the people of the individual states are perfectly fine of taking care of their own land.....Rob T. 
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Summary of the FY 2014 Omnibus Bill for Department of the Interior programs
January 22, 2014
The FY 2014 Omnibus bill and report were made available January 13, 2014. The Department of the Interior funding in the bill is $11.6 billion, $275 million or 2.3 percent below the funding level requested by the 2014 request and $653 million or 5.9 percent over the 2013 enacted level.
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Secretary Jewell, NPS Director Release New Report Showing National Parks Remain Strong Economic Engines, Support 243,000 Jobs Nationwide Preliminary Estimates of Shutdown’s Impact Shows More Than $400 Million in Losses to Local Communities

03/03/2014
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WASHINGTON – Boosted by an additional 4 million visitors in 2012, national parks across the country continued to be important economic engines, generating $26.75 billion in economic activity and supporting 243,000 jobs, according to a peer-reviewed report released today by Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis.

“National parks like Yellowstone and Gettysburg are places of unimaginable beauty and powerful history that help tell America’s story while connecting us with nature,” said Jewell. “At the same time, our national parks help propel our nation’s economy, drawing hundreds of millions of visitors every year who are the lifeblood of the hotels, restaurants, outfitters, and other local businesses that depend on a vibrant and reliable tourism and outdoor recreation industry supported by our public lands.”

“In 2012, the National Park Service welcomed more than 280 million visitors to their national parks. For nearly 100 years we have helped people discover places to explore, learn from and enjoy,” said Jarvis. “These places of history, culture and natural wonder offer unparalleled experiences and return $10 for every $1 American taxpayers invest in the National Park Service. That’s a successful formula we can all embrace as we prepare for the next 100 years of the National Park Service.”

More than 200,000 of the jobs supported by national parks in 2012 were in local neighboring communities. These range from big parks like the Grand Canyon, which attracted 4.4 million visitors and supported 6,000 jobs, to smaller parks like the Lincoln Boyhood Home, which had 133,000 visitors and supported 93 jobs in local communities.

This 2012 analysis is a revision from previous reports. Many of the hallmarks of the past model are preserved, but the new model makes significant strides in accuracy and transparency of the analysis. Key changes include new software, updated assumptions about the nation’s economy based on 400 different characteristics, and new estimates of spending and visitor trip characteristics.

The figures in the report are based on spending by nearly 283 million visitors in communities near national parks in 2012. An in-depth analysis of the 2012 figures found an increase in local visitor spending and a correlating increase in economic activity and jobs in local communities.

Jewell and Jarvis today also announced estimates of the government shutdown’s impacts on national park gateway economies. Overall, the16-day shutdown resulted in 7.88 million fewer national park visitors in October 2013 compared to a three-year average (October 2010-12), and an estimated loss of $414 million in visitor spending in gateway and local communities across the country when comparing October 2013 to a three-year average (October 2010-12). These losses are part of an economic analysis of the shutdown’s effects on parks and neighboring communities that was released today. While the shutdown figures do not affect the 2012 economics report, they will weigh on the 2013 economics report due out later this year.

The annual economic report, with information by park and by state on visitor spending, jobs and other impacts, and the shutdown report, are available here.

According to the 2012 economic analysis, most visitor spending supports jobs in restaurants, grocery and convenience stores (39 percent), hotels, motels and B&Bs (27 percent), and other amusement and recreation (20 percent).

For more state-by-state information about national parks and how the National Park Service is working with communities go to www.nps.gov/[statename], for example: www.nps.gov/virginia.


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