Montana Leads United States in GDP% from outdoor activities

Montana gets 5.1% of its GDP from outdoor activities, followed by Maine with 4.8%, Wyoming with 4.4% and Florida with 4.3%. Colorado and Utah tied at 3.3%.

“The outdoor industry has always known it is a huge contributor to the national economy,” Amy Roberts, executive director of the Boulder-based Outdoor Industry Association, said in a statement Friday. “This report brings new data to bear to underscore that fact.”

She called the state-level data “icing on the cake” for policymakers, communities and businesses.

Joey Bunch

https://www.coloradopolitics.com/quick-hits/gardner-backed-bill-yields-federal-report-on-value-of-outdoor/article_12b86942-dbdb-11e9-a1e2-2f4f0c8035f0.html

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For those who weren’t able to make our 3rd Annual Last Best Outdoors Fest las week in Missoula, I wanted to share some of the highlights of the media attention that we got, and the good publicity surrounding both the event, and the messaging about the benefits that our outdoors deliver to business in Montana.