Research shows growth in viewing and photographing nature as key outdoor recreation trend in past ten years

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The USFS has released an assessment of the status of outdoor recreation in the past ten years.  This report outlines trends in outdoor recreation in the nation.  A very valuable research resource.  An excerpt reads.. While motorized activities showed growth up to about 2005, these activities, along with hunting and fishing, and backcountry activities, ended […]

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Evidence keeps growing: Parks are needed to grow the economy!

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Over 100 economists report that the aquisition and development of parks are needed to grow the nations economy.  See the report which was published in the New York Times on Monday, December 5, 2011. http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/are-parks-a-boon-to-the-economy/

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