How Drought Impacts Colorado's Outdoor Recreation Industry
The Takeaways
Colorado's $62.5 billion per year outdoor recreation industry is vulnerable to drought.
Water- and snow-based recreation industries are directly impacted by below average streamflows and winter snowpack.
The 2012 drought resulted in $250 million of lost revenue in the ski and river outfitting industries alone.
Climate change is likely to exacerbate economic losses in Colorado's outdoor recreation industry.
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