Saturday, May 12, 2007

Conservation Pays Its Way in Missouri


In 2001, 2.5 million residents and non-residents of Missouri, age 16 years and older, participated in some form of fish and wildlife-related recreation in Missouri. These anglers, hunters, and wildlife viewers spent over $1.6 billion in retail sales ($1.3 billion by residents and 321 million by non-residents), which generated over 731 million in salaries and wages and supported 29,727 jobs. The total economic effect from fish and wildlife-related recreation was over 3.3 billion. The retail spending generated 79 million in state sales tax revenues, 29 million in state income tax revenues, and 117 million in federal income taxes.

The forestry and wood products industry in Missouri is an over 4.4 million dollar activity and supports 32,250 jobs. The forestry and wood-using industries in Missouri generate 54 million each year in state sales taxes.

The combined economic impact of fish and wildlife-related recreation and the forest industry in Missouri is $7.8 billion.

Conservation pays its way in Missouri.

Or in other words, for every dollar spent each year through the annual budget of the Missouri Department of Conservation, there are 52 dollars generated each year of economic impact in Missouri. Every dollar spent equals 52 dollars in economic impact.

Conservation pays its way in Missouri.

The combined sales tax revenues generated in Missouri by fish and wildlife recreation spending and the forest and wood-using industries is well over the amount received each year by the Missouri Department of Conservation from the Conservation Sales Tax.

Conservation pays its way in Missouri.

And these numbers do not include the many ways that the outdoor environment and Missouri's fish, forest, and wildlife resources enhance our quality of life every day.


Conservation pays its way in Missouri.


More information about economic impacts is available in the Missouri Department of Conservation's 2005-2006 annual report available at http://www.mdc.mo.gov/13141 and in the national surveys conducted for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service available at: http://federalaid.fws.gov/surveys/surveys.html and at: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/fishing.html
The economic impact report for Missouri, and other states, is available at: http://www.southwickassociates.com/freereports/default.aspx

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