04/23/2018
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"Recreation and the money recreation generates from our public lands is important."
"Too often we fight over oil and gas development, logging, mining, when the real economic engine fueling many communities is the recreation economy."
"In my home State of Arizona, outdoor recreation is a $10 billion industry that supports $3.5 billion in wages and salaries."
"The Outdoor Industry Association estimates that outdoor recreation creates $646 billion in direct consumer spending, and $80 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes."