National Parks have huge economic return.The National Park Service (NPS NPS National Park Service NPS Naval Postgraduate School NPS Net Promoter Score (customer management) NPS Non-Point Source pollution NPS Native Plant Society NPS Norfolk Public Schools (Virginia) ) announced recently that in 2005, American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of taxpayers put about $2.6 billion into national parks This is a list of national parks ordered by nation. Africa
fivefold, quintuple multiple - having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual; "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple return. The same study revealed that park visitors in 2005 spent about $37 per party per day by locals on day trips, and $236 per party by visitors with overnight accommodations. While over night visitors accounted for only 25 percent of park patrons, they were responsible for 53 percent of all spending. In addition, NPS was responsible for the employment of 24,000 people in fiscal year 2005, returning about $1.7 billion to the economy. The study was requested by NPS director Fran Mainella and was conducted by Texas A&M social scientist Dr. James Gramann, the Visiting Chief Social Scientist for the park service. |
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