…Headwaters Economics: Economic Impact of National Parks is an interactive page that shows how protected public lands, such as national parks, can play an important economic role for local communities. The web-based tool lists visits, non-local spending and the number of jobs created in gateway communities for each National Park Service unit. Visitation, tourism and jobs related to nearby public lands annually contribute billions of dollars to regional economies while creating hundreds of thousands of private sector jobs…
Headwaters Economics. 2011. The Value of Protected Lands. This webpage contains regional report, case studies, tools, a library of additional research and related news articles that Headwaters Economics has completed concerning the value of western protected public lands.…