By C. Moon Reed | Originally published in the Las Vegas Sun April 6, 2018
Nevada’s outdoor recreation industry generates $12.6 billion annually and 87,000 jobs. That’s more jobs than I.T. and mining combined.
With the recent creation of the Nevada Outdoor Business Coalition, the recreation industry is growing. Formed in December, the group’s first Las Vegas meeting occurred last month. The coalition plans to promote and advocate for the state’s recreation economy, and is open to anybody in the industry, from individuals who lead hiking tours to larger entities such as ski resorts and race organizers.
The next meeting, on April 26, will bring together Northern and Southern Nevada interests. Since the coalition is so new, it doesn’t yet have a website, but you can contact the organizers via the nonprofit organization Get Outdoors Nevada.
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This week, the Biden Administration officially designated Avi Kwa Ame a national monument!
Read our full statement commending the move here: http://nvobc.org/press-releases/nevada-outdoor-business-coalition-applauds-designation-of-avi-kwa-ame-national-monument/
BIG News: @POTUS just took executive action to designate #AviKwaAme as a national monument - now apx. 506,814 acres of land are protected! Thanks to the 110k+ supporters who helped us get here!
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Yesterday, news broke of President Joe Biden’s plans to sign a proclamation designating the territory of Avi Kwa Ame in Southern Nevada as a new national monument, answering the call from Tribal leaders, conservationists, outdoor recreationalists, and local monument supporters to protect the landscape.
In response, we issued the following statement in support of this news. “We’re looking forward to President Biden designating Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in the state of Nevada. As a coalition of entrepreneurs, business owners and leaders of the outdoor recreation industry in Nevada, we have been proud to support the grassroots campaign to designate Avi Kwa Ame as a National Monument. Over 100 Nevada businesses signed our letter supporting the designation, and we highly anticipate seeing this National Monument go from mere proposal to reality."
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Biden expected to designate largest national monument of his presidency next week | CNN Politics
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President Joe Biden plans to designate Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada as a national monument next week, according to a person familiar with the plans.