Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
After last weeks Government Shutdown scare, I was doing a lot of digging around in the 2022 National Park Service Economic Impacts Report. There's a lot of good stuff in here and, surprise surprise, National Parks are GOOD for the economy. Really good, in fact. $50 BILLION good. Anyway, once I read that, I couldn't help but wonder why, if they provide so much economic return, we (and by we I mean Congress) doesn't fund them. That's what this video is about: the economic juggernaut that is National Parks, and the bonkers reason we don't fund them. Enjoy.
Tell Congress to fund National Parks: https://us.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/10104/2032590?email=npY3kQHoyiEgMywJOCW9zZku6OPFCMj%2F&campid=80xxgoZFXjeZkArzVWMSmA==
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Sources and Resources:
nps.gov/nature/customcf/NPS_Data_Visualization/docs/NPS_2022_Visitor_Spending_Effects.pdf
nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm
nps.gov/orgs/1207/national-park-visitation-sets-new-record-as-economic-engines.htm
npca.org/articles/3597-congress-averted-an-october-shutdown-but-what-s-next
docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20230719/116262/BILLS-118--AP--AP00-FY24InteriorFullCommitteeMark.pdf
npca.org/articles/3554-parks-group-condemns-house-s-senseless-spending-bill-that-slashes-national
crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R42757/35
nps.gov/subjects/infrastructure/deferred-maintenance.htm
crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12112/5#:~:text=117%2D328%2C%20Division%20G%2C,117%2D103
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After last weeks Government Shutdown scare, I was doing a lot of digging around in the 2022 National Park Service Economic Impacts Report. There's a lot of good stuff in here and, surprise surprise, National Parks are GOOD for the economy. Really good, in fact. $50 BILLION good. Anyway, once I read that, I couldn't help but wonder why, if they provide so much economic return, we (and by we I mean Congress) doesn't fund them. That's what this video is about: the economic juggernaut that is National Parks, and the bonkers reason we don't fund them. Enjoy.
Tell Congress to fund National Parks: https://us.engagingnetworks.app/page/email/click/10104/2032590?email=npY3kQHoyiEgMywJOCW9zZku6OPFCMj%2F&campid=80xxgoZFXjeZkArzVWMSmA==
Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/nationalparkdiaries
Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/nationalparkdiaries
Sources and Resources:
nps.gov/nature/customcf/NPS_Data_Visualization/docs/NPS_2022_Visitor_Spending_Effects.pdf
nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm
nps.gov/orgs/1207/national-park-visitation-sets-new-record-as-economic-engines.htm
npca.org/articles/3597-congress-averted-an-october-shutdown-but-what-s-next
docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20230719/116262/BILLS-118--AP--AP00-FY24InteriorFullCommitteeMark.pdf
npca.org/articles/3554-parks-group-condemns-house-s-senseless-spending-bill-that-slashes-national
crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R42757/35
nps.gov/subjects/infrastructure/deferred-maintenance.htm
crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF12112/5#:~:text=117%2D328%2C%20Division%20G%2C,117%2D103
Images and Music:
Storyblocks
NPS
