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A new National Park Service report shows that 798,000 visitors to Big South Fork NRRA in 2022 spent $28.2 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 333 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $32.6 million.

A new National Park Service report shows that 307,000 visitors to Obed WSR in 2022 spent $6.5 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 68 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $6.7 million.

A new National Park Service report shows that 247,826 visitors to Obed Wild & Scenic River in 2021 spent $5.4 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 55 jobs in the local area.

A new National Park Service report shows that 238,000 visitors to Obed WSR in 2020 spent $4.5 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 52 jobs in the local area.

A new National Park Service report shows that 773,000 visitors to Big South Fork NRRA in 2020 spent $24.3 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 295 jobs in the local area.

A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that over 750,000 visitors to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in 2019 spent $23,600,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 286 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $25,500,000.

Today, the United States Mint and the National Park Service officially launched the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program coin honoring San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in Texas. Over one thousand visitors from San Antonio and across the country filled the Laurie Auditorium at Trinity University to celebrate the new coin. Over 40 mission descendants, the living legacy of ancestors who helped to build the historic missions, attended the ceremony.

A new National Park Service report shows that over 760,000 visitors to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in 2018 spent $23,700,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 290 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $25,600,000.

A new National Park Service report shows that 217,530 visitors to Obed Wild & Scenic River in 2018 spent $4,000,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 47 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $4,000,000.

A new National Park Service report shows that 214,753 visitors to Obed Wild & Scenic River in 2017 spent $3,700,000 in communities near the park. That spending supported 47 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $3,800,000.