Report touts wildlife refuges
| November 28, 2007 |  View for printing |
National wildlife refuges more than make up for their cost to taxpayers by returning about $4 in economic activity for every $1 the government spends, according to a federal study released Tuesday.
In the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Mountain-Prairie Region, which includes Wyoming, recreational uses of national wildlife refuges generated more than $82.4 million in economic return and created 1,387 private sector jobs during fiscal year 2006, according to the report released by the agency.
By BRODIE FARQUHAR Star-Tribune correspondent
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