Report highlights economic value of Utah's federal lands

A new report shows the wide range of economic impact to Utah's economy from Department of Interior-managed lands, with nearly $14 million that was infused in the last fiscal year. That impact, detailed Monday, includes 83,292 jobs in fields ranging from energy and mineral development to tourism and outdoor recreation.

Of those Utah jobs, close to 22,000 are directly from the oil and gas fields and more than 950 come from coal mining-related activities.

Nationwide, the activities of the Interior Department contributed $385 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 2 million jobs in 2011, according to the report. Deseret News