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Assuring Wildlife's Future – DWR Planning (1996)Economic Impact of Angling, Hunting & Wildlife Viewing in Utah: 1996-2001 (PowerPoint document)
Non-Utahns' (GTE 16 yrs.) wildlife-associated recreation participation in Utah1
Participation
| Description |
Total number |
Percent |
Source |
| Non-Utah anglers in state |
129,000* |
25* |
Table 3, pp. 18 |
| Days of fishing |
537,000* |
10* |
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| Non-Utah hunters in state |
22,000* |
11* |
Table 3, pp. 18 |
| Days of hunting |
123,000* |
5* |
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| Non-Utah nonresidential2 wildlife watchers in state |
244,000* |
NA* |
Table 25, pp. 34 |
| Days of watching |
1,215,000* |
NA* |
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Non-Utahns' (GTE 16 yrs.) in-state trip-related expenditures for fishing, hunting & wildlife watching1
| |
Amount |
Spenders |
Avg./spender |
Avg./participant |
| — Source: Table 21, pp. 31 |
| Fishing & hunting, total |
$ 81,909,000* |
147,000* |
$559* |
$512* |
|
| Fishing, total |
$ 55,248,000* |
118,000* |
$469* |
$424* |
| Food/lodging |
$ 27,054,000* |
103,000* |
$263* |
$210* |
| Transportation |
$ 15,916,000* |
96,000* |
$166* |
$123* |
| Other trip costs |
$ 8,423,000* |
78,000* |
$109* |
$ 65* |
| Equipment |
$ 1,977,000* |
32,000* |
$ 62* |
$ 11* |
|
| Hunting, total |
$ 23,069,000* |
29,000* |
$798* |
$970* |
| Food/lodging |
$ 8,008,000* |
21,000* |
$380* |
$369* |
| Transportation |
$ 5,704,000* |
32,000* |
$263* |
$263* |
| — Source: Table 34, pp. 40 |
| Wildlife watching, total |
$130,879,000* |
235,000* |
$557* |
$536* |
| Food/lodging |
$ 80,255,000* |
180,000* |
$446* |
$329* |
| Transportation |
$ 38,347,000* |
167,000* |
$230* |
$157* |
| Other trip costs |
$ 7,618,000* |
80,000* |
$ 95* |
$ 31* |
| Equipment |
$ 4,659,000* |
54,000* |
$ 87* |
$ 19* |
*Estimate based on a small sample size
1 Data taken from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service/U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation — State report for Utah, FHW/2001-UT, March 2003
2 People whose primary purpose was to enjoy watching wildlife at least one mile away from home/residence
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