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Section 4 Delineating and Prioritizing Colorado's Environmental and Recreational Resources and Needs Wildlife Viewing The Outdoor Industry Foundation (2006) estimates that the outdoor economy contributes $730 billion annually to the U.S. economy. Estimates for the State of Colorado were not published but the Rocky Mountain Census Division 8 (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, and Wyoming) estimates that the total contribution to the nation's total outdoor economic activity is $615 billion or 9 percent of the national total. The percent population in Division 8 compared to the national population is approximately 6 percent. The breakdown of individual activities for Census Division 8 is presented in Figure 4-30. The top economic producing activities are camping, snow sports, and trail related outdoor activities. Hunting Fishing Paddling Snow Sports Camping Bicycling trail $0 $5,000,000,000 $10,000,000,000 $15,000,000,000 $20,000,000,000 $25,000,000,000 Figure 4-30 Contribution to Rocky Mountain Census District 8 by Annual Economic Activity by Type ~~ $,x0,000,000 $~ao,ooo,ooo ~ $~zo,ooo,ooo U o $100,000,000 a; a U $80,000,000 Q e ~ $so,ooo,ooo w ~ $ao,ooo,ooo a $zo,ooo,ooo Figure 4-31 Annual Economic Activity of Commercial Rafting in Colorado The report by Pickton and Sikorowski (2004) for CDOW investigated the economic impacts of hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching statewide. Data from 2002 show that hunters and anglers spent an estimated $797 million and a total of 10.1 million hunting and fishing activity days (Pickton and Sikorowski 2004). An additional $49 million was spent by CDOW on operations that support these types of recreation activities. It should be noted that the TRT did not peer review the methodologies that were used to generate the financial data summarized in this section. FINAL DRAFT 4-19