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| Above, Crater Lake's Wizard Island through a smoky haze from area fires. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
More reports on economic benefits to local communities near our national parks.
The latest is about Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. I visited Crater Lake last year during my Great American Eclipse trip.
According to KQEN News Radio:
A new report from the National Park Service shows the region gets a big economic benefit from Crater Lake National Park.
Marsha McCabe says the report shows that 712,000 visitors to Crater Lake spent $59.9 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 981 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $80.6 million.
It is remarkable that Crater Lake did so well considering that the park was plagued by forest fires during the summer.
To read more, go here.
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