national park visitor spending and payroll impacts 2008
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Presentation given by Jim Richardson, Chief Ranger for Whiskeytown National Recreation Area on the Panel: "Weeding in the Wild: Protecting and Preserving National Lands" at the Great Valley Center's Sacramento Valley Forum on October 27, 2010 in Chico, CA.TRANSCRIPT
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US Department of the InteriorNATIONAL PARK SERVICE
National Park Visitor
Spending and Payroll Impacts
2008Presented by Jim
Richardson
Chief Ranger
Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
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MGM2 NPSMoney Generation Model
Daniel J. StynesDepartment of Community, Agriculture,Recreation and Resource StudiesMichigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan 48824-1222October 2009
Department of Community, Agriculture,Recreation and Resource StudiesMichigan State University
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US Department of the InteriorNATIONAL PARK SERVICE
MGM2 model developedin 2000, updated 2008
NPS 274.9 million 2008 recreation visits
Park visitors spent $11.56 Billion in
gateway communities
Supports 205,000 jobs.
(50,000 jobs in hotel and restaurants)
23,000 jobs in retail and amusements sectors.
NPS employed 24,954 people in 2008
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of National Pa Distribution of National Park spending
$41 ave day trip local$75 non-local day trip$64 backcountry user
$340 stay in park lodges
$105 camp outside park
$96 camp inside park
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US Department of the InteriorNATIONAL PARK SERVICE
2008 visitors spent $11.56 Billionin parks and gateway communities
9.8% are local residents
55% are staying outside parks in
motels and lodges21% are non-local
visitors on day trips
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NPS Payroll Impacts on Local Economies in 2008
• NPS payroll $1.517 Billion & 24,954 jobs
• Induces(multiplies to) $344 million & 11,862 jobs
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Impacts of NPS visitor spending and payroll on local economies by state
34,028,858 California Recreation visits to NPS in 2008.
$1,012,479 non-local visitor spending18,808 jobs from non-local visitor spending
27,971 total jobs
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Spending and Economic Impacts of National Park Visitors on Local Economies 2008
Public use data
Visitor Spending 2008
Impacts of
Non-local
Visitor Spending
Park unit
2008 Rec visits
Overnight stays
All visitors $000’s
Non-local visitors
jobs Labor income $000’s
Value added $000’s
Lassen Volcanic
377,361 78,290 $16,096 $14,641 275 6,807 10,586
Sequoia/Kings
1,158,758
408,330 $87,762 $81,149 1,779 35,417 55,521
Whiskeytown
676,281 39,298 $28,686 $25,134 506 10,038 15,536
Yosemite
3,431,514
1,682,615
$292,368
$289,987
4,880 139,195 215,701
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Yosemite andSequoia/Kings Canyon
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Lassen Volcanic
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Whiskeytown
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2 primary NPS economic driversVisitor Spending & NPS salaries
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History of DTO operations in the National Park System
North Cascades
RedwoodWhiskeytown
Pt. Reyes
Santa Monica Mtns
Olympic
Golden GateYosemite
Sequoia Kings
Big South Fork
Blue Ridge
Smoky Mtns
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Global Commodities Productions on Public Lands
2009 seizures = 29.4 Billion dollars
All seizures = 92.5 Billion dollars
Source DCE/SP, DEA SFFO and NDIC
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 20090
1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
California 2004-2009Outdoor Marijuana Seizures
+65% +47% +72% +7% + 43%
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Whiskeytown NRA
2000-2010
First DTO site 2000
24,000 Plants 2004
5,000 Plants 2005
71,254 Plants 2006
35,222 Plants 2007
1,366 Plants 2008
7,708 Plants 2009
29,768 Plants 2010
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US Department of the InteriorNATIONAL PARK SERVICECURRENT COUNTER-DRUG (DTO)
OPERATIONS
In-Park Investigations: Surveillance / Interdiction
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Assault on the Land
2100 California native plants found no where else
4 reptiles, 6 birds,15 fish, 18 mammals, 25 amphibians and thousands of insects exist ONLY in California
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WHY is law enforcement fighting this battle?
• Armed foreign nationals on public land
• Danger to park visitors• Extensive
Environmental Damage• Violation of drug laws of
state and nation• Foreign cartels fueling
drug addiction of U.S. citizens