Banking on Nature: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation
Refuge Name Hobe Sound NWR Horicon NWR Illinois River Iowa WMD J. Clark Salyer NWR John Heinz NWR at Tinicum Kenai NWR Kodiak NWR Kootenai NWR Koyukuk NWR Laguna Atascosa NWR Las Vegas NWR Little Pend Oreille NWR Little River NWR Lower Hatchie NWR Maine Coastal Islands Malheur NWR Marais des Cygnes NWR McFaddin NWR McNary NWR Merritt Island NWR Moosehorn NWR Morris WMD Muleshoe NWR National Bison Range Nisqually NWR Occoquan Bay NWR Okefenokee NWR Pea Island NWR Pocosin Lakes NWR Ridgefield NWR Sacramento NWR Salt Plains NWR San Luis NWR Sand Lake NWR Santee NWR Seedskadee NWR Selawik NWR Sheldon NWR
4 3 3 3 6
Total Recreational Visitation 107,400 392,199 18,388 76,839 80,340
Total Final Demand $(,000) $2,464 $8,970 $392 $794 $4,345
5 7 7 1 7
177,435 572,584 50,855 94,952 11,623
$2,528 $112,755 $9,696 $1,326 $1,078
$811 $32,407 $2,934 $386 $331
18 907 65 15 8
2 2
440,042 16,837
$23,413 $161
$6,549 $48
205 1
1 2 4
64,130 15,150 65,050
$3,883 $431 $3,333
$1,162 $135 $1,124
30 4 29
5 1
155,245 119,075
$7,874 $13,399
$2,203 $1,162
71 140
6 2 1 4 5 3 2
3,295 26,801 42,095 1,191,741 22,396 72,870 25,360
$237 $1,742 $1,561 $60,442 $415 $4,499 $1,885
$72 $529 $442 $18,077 $120 $1,287 $544
2 16 14 467 4 40 14
6 1 5 4 4 4 1 8 2 8 6 4 6 7 1
224,300 203,815 25,438 458,312 603,150 70,150 164,525 71,514 103,130 92,225 9,193 174,178 13,410 21,203 35,929
$20,121 $5,550 $241 $20,789 $20,317 $2,181 $5,630 $3,846 $1,926 $8,772 $801 $5,595 $614 $1,409 $1,290
$5,726 $588 $76 $6,254 $6,219 $664 $1,682 $1,133 $610 $2,683 $235 $1,586 $178 $419 $396
169 41 2 211 201 25 39 28 15 52 7 56 5 9 10
Region
364
Total Employment Income $(,000) $738 $2,620 $119 $220 $1,317
Total Jobs 17 88 3 8 40