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Monument brought $16 million in tourism dollars to this area

DINOSAUR I A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 250,624 visitors to Dinosaur National Monument in 2014 spent $14,298,400 in communities near the monument. That spending supported 194 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $16,059,100.

“Dinosaur National Monument not only welcomes visitors from Colorado and Utah, but people travel to see the monument’s unique resources from across the country and around the world,” said…