( WASHINGTON ) -- Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton will unveil a study showing the economic benefits of national wildlife refuges to local communities and the national economy at a press conference Thursday, Oct. 6, at the National Press Club.
The study, Banking on Nature 2004: The Economic Benefits to Local Communities of National Wildlife Refuge Visitation, presents both national economic figures as well as individual studies of 93 refuges across the country.
Secretary Norton will be joined by Travel Industry Association of America President Roger Dow.
Who: Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton
Travel Industry Association of America President Roger Dow Refuge managers and staff from Alaska; California (Sacramento); Florida (St. Petersburg area); Marylands Eastern Shore; Massachusetts (Boston area); Minnesota; Mississippi; Montana; North Dakota; Oklahoma; West Virginia (Canaan Valley); Washington; and Wisconsin will be on hand to give the local perspective.
When: 10 a.m. , October 6, 2005
Where: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 529 14th Street , 13th Floor
On the Web: The report will be available on the Internet Thursday morning at http://www.fws.gov/refuges/.
