national park visitor spending and payroll impacts 2008

US Department of the InteriorNATIONAL PARK SERVICE

National Park Visitor

Spending and Payroll Impacts

2008Presented by Jim

Richardson

Chief Ranger

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

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

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

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

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

NPS Payroll Impacts on Local Economies in 2008

• NPS payroll $1.517 Billion & 24,954 jobs

• Induces(multiplies to) $344 million & 11,862 jobs

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

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

Yosemite andSequoia/Kings Canyon

Lassen Volcanic

Whiskeytown

2 primary NPS economic driversVisitor Spending & NPS salaries

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

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%

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

US Department of the InteriorNATIONAL PARK SERVICECURRENT COUNTER-DRUG (DTO)

OPERATIONS

In-Park Investigations: Surveillance / Interdiction

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

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