{"id":15,"date":"2007-12-19T13:16:44","date_gmt":"2007-12-19T19:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/?p=15"},"modified":"2007-12-19T13:16:44","modified_gmt":"2007-12-19T19:16:44","slug":"kansass-hunters-and-anglers-have-a-significant-impact-on-the-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"Kansas&#8217;s Hunters and Anglers Have a Significant Impact on the Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a press release from NSSF:<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; Kansas&#8217;s  425,000 hunters and anglers are among the most prominent and influential of all  demographic groups, spending more than $607 million a year on hunting and  fishing, according to a new report. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The new report, &#8220;Hunting and  Fishing: Bright Stars of the American Economy ~ A force as big as all outdoors,&#8221;  spotlights the immense impact hunters and anglers have on the economy at the  national and state level. <\/font><\/p>\n<table align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"5\" cellspacing=\"10\" width=\"200\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"10\" width=\"175\">\n<tr>\n<td bordercolor=\"#333333\" bgcolor=\"#f0e2b5\">\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Links:<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twelvehorses.com\/ct\/IRR8E4\/F4816Z15\/*http_mm_url_mm_www.nssf.org\/07report\/factsheets\/Kansas.pdf\" title=\"http:\/\/www.twelvehorses.com\/ct\/IRR8E4\/F4816Z15\/*http_mm_url_mm_www.nssf.org\/07report\/factsheets\/Kansas.pdf\">Kansas  Fact Sheet<\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twelvehorses.com\/ct\/IRR8E4\/F4816Z15\/*http_mm_url_mm_www.nssf.org\/07report\" title=\"http:\/\/www.twelvehorses.com\/ct\/IRR8E4\/F4816Z15\/*http_mm_url_mm_www.nssf.org\/07report\">Compare  Kansas<br \/>\nwith Other  States<\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">In Kansas, spending by hunters and  anglers directly supports 11,400 jobs, which puts $300 million worth of  paychecks into pockets of working residents around the state. Of course,  government coffers also benefit &#8212; spending by sportsmen in pursuit of these  outdoor activities generates $61 million in state and local taxes. These latest  figures demonstrate that season after season hunters and anglers are driving the  economy from big businesses to rural towns, through booms and recessions.  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&#8220;Because sportsmen enjoy hunting  or fishing alone or in small groups, they are overlooked as a constituency and  as a substantial economic force,&#8221; stated Jeff Crane, president of the  Congressional Sportsmen&#8217;s Foundation. &#8220;When you compare spending by hunters and  anglers to other sectors, their impact on the state&#8217;s economy becomes more  tangible.&#8221; <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sportsmen support more jobs in Kansas than  Scanlon&#8217;s and Kansas State University combined (11,400 jobs vs. 9,030).<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Annual spending by Kansas sportsmen is more  than the revenues of Alexander Open Systems, Crossland Construction and Enturia  &#8211; the state&#8217;s fastest growing companies ($607 million vs. $603 million).<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Annual spending by Kansas sportsmen is more  than the cash receipts for soybeans, one of the state&#8217;s top agricultural  commodities ($607 million vs. $550 million).<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Kansas sportsmen outnumber the population of  Wichita, the state&#8217;s largest city (425,000 vs. 355,000).<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Sportsmen in Kansas could fill Kansas Speedway  five times (425,000 vs. 82,000).<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The economic stimulus of hunting and fishing  equates to an astounding $1.6 million a day being pumped into the state&#8217;s  economy. <\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&#8220;Spending by sportsmen benefits  not only the manufacturers of hunting and fishing related products, but  everything from local mom and pop businesses to wildlife conservation,&#8221; noted  Doug Painter, president of National Shooting Sports Foundation. &#8220;And because  most hunting and fishing takes place in rural areas, much of the spending  benefits less affluent parts of the state.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">On the national level, 34 million  sportsmen age 16 and older spent more than $76 billion in 2006, supporting 1.6  million jobs.  If a single corporation grossed as much as hunters and anglers  spend, it would be among America&#8217;s 20 largest, ahead of Target, Costco and  AT&amp;T. And if all hunters and anglers had voted during the last presidential  election, they would have equaled 31 percent of all votes cast.  If all hunters  and anglers living in Kansas voted, they would have equaled 55 percent of all  votes cast in the state.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">These statistics are impressive  and, if anything, they underestimate the impact of sportsmen since they do not  take into account the millions of hunters and anglers under 16 years of age or  people who were not able to get out and hunt or fish in 2006. When sportsmen&#8217;s  spending is thought of in business terms and compared to other sectors of the  economy, it is quite remarkable. From small rural towns scattered across our  country&#8217;s landscape to the bottom-line of Fortune 500 companies located in major  cities, if you take away hunting and fishing you take away the equivalent of a  multi-billion dollar corporation.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">&#8220;It is a fairly simple equation \u2013  hunters and anglers mean jobs in states and local communities that have made the  effort to maintain their hunting and fishing opportunities,&#8221; said Crane. &#8220;The  economic impacts that sportsmen have on state economies should be a wake-up call  to state governments to welcome and encourage hunting and fishing in their  state.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The report, &#8220;<strong><em>Hunting  and Fishing: Bright Stars of the American Economy ~ A force as big as all  outdoors<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; was produced by the Congressional Sportsmen&#8217;s  Foundation with support from the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, National  Marine Manufacturers Association, National Shooting Sports Foundation and SCI &#8211;  First For Hunters. The report uses the results from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife  Service&#8217;s 2006 <em>National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated  Recreation<\/em> and statistics provided by the American Sportfishing Association  and Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The report: &#8220;Hunting and Fishing:  Bright Stars of the American Economy ~ A force as big as all outdoors&#8221; along  with <em>STATE FACTS<\/em> are available on the Web at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twelvehorses.com\/ct\/IRR8E4\/F4816Z15\/*http_mm_url_mm_www.sportsmenslink.org\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.twelvehorses.com\/ct\/IRR8E4\/F4816Z15\/*http_mm_url_mm_www.sportsmenslink.org\/\">www.sportsmenslink.org<\/a>  and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twelvehorses.com\/ct\/IRR8E4\/F4816Z15\/*http_mm_url_mm_www.nssf.org\/\" title=\"http:\/\/www.twelvehorses.com\/ct\/IRR8E4\/F4816Z15\/*http_mm_url_mm_www.nssf.org\/\">www.nssf.org<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong>For more information or  questions contact: Melinda Gable 202-302-4794 or at <a href=\"mailto:Melinda@sportsmenslink.org\" title=\"mailto:Melinda@sportsmenslink.org\">Melinda@sportsmenslink.org<\/a><\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\">###<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong><u>About  CSF<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nCSF is the most respected and trusted hunting and fishing  organization in the political arena. With support from every major hunting and  fishing organization, CSF is the leader in promoting sportsmen&#8217;s issues with  elected officials.  CSF works directly with the bi-partisan, bi-cameral  Congressional Sportsmen&#8217;s Caucus in the U.S. Congress, as well as affiliated  state sportsmen&#8217;s caucuses in state legislatures around the country.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><strong><u>About  NSSF<\/u><\/strong><br \/>\nThe National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade  association for the shooting, hunting and firearms industry whose purpose is to  provide trusted leadership in addressing industry challenges. NSSF concentrates  efforts on measurably advancing participation in and understanding of hunting  and the shooting sports; reaffirming and strengthening their members&#8217; commitment  to the safe and responsible use of their products; and promoting a political  climate supportive of America&#8217;s traditional firearms rights.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a press release from NSSF: WASHINGTON, D.C. &#8212; Kansas&#8217;s 425,000 hunters and anglers are among the most prominent and influential of all demographic groups, spending more than $607 million a year on hunting and fishing, according to a new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/?p=15\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[13,14,12,8],"class_list":["post-15","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-odds-and-ends","tag-anglers","tag-economy","tag-hunting","tag-kansas"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cascity.com\/howard\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}