B Y T H E N U M B E R S
State Park System
77 areas encompassing 170,207 acres
• State parks – 8 areas, 32,332 acres
• State recreation areas – 59 areas, 92,497 acres
• State historical parks – 10 areas, 2,424 acres
• State recreational trails – 2 areas, 324 miles
• State fish hatcheries – 5
• Open Fields and Waters – 254,724 land acres,
620 water/wetland acres and 42 river miles
• Wildlife management areas – 298 areas,
encompassing 183,375 acres
K E Y M E S S A G E S
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission:
• Offers a vast number of opportunities for people
to have fun, enjoy the outdoors and create
memories.
• Helps maintain healthy fish and wildlife
populations and improves land and water habitats.
• Together with outdoor pursuits has a $2.64 billion
annual economic impact in Nebraska.
• Is innovative, doing what is in the best interest of
all Nebraskans and the resources we manage.
• Helps inform, educate and engage Nebraskans in
the natural world.
E C O N O M I C I M P A C T
The annual economic impact of
hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing and
state parks on Nebraska is:
$2.64 billion
Hunting: $848 million impact
$562 million in retail sales
8,856 jobs supported
Fishing: $324 million impact
$210 million in retail sales
3,076 jobs supported
Wildlife viewing: $722 million impact
$513 million in retail sales
4,818 jobs supported
State parks: $749 million impact
$448 million in retail sales
8,199 jobs supported
Nationally, the annual economic
impact by outdoor recreation
enthusiasts:
$1.6 trillion
