Editing National Park Service (section)

===Economic benefits===
The NPS affects economies at national, state, and local levels. According to a 2011 Michigan State University report prepared for the NPS, for each $1 invested in the NPS, the American public receives $4 in economic value. In 2011, national parks generated $30.1 billion in economic activity and 252,000 jobs nationwide. Thirteen billion of that amount went directly into communities within 60 miles of a NPS unit.

In a 2017 study, the NPS found that 331 million park visitors spent $18.2 billion in local areas around National Parks across the nation. This spending helped support 306,000 jobs. The NPS expenditures supported $297 million in economic output in Missouri alone.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Yue|first1=Cui|last2=Mahoney|first2=Ed|last3=Herbowicz|first3=Teresa|year=2013|title=Economic Benefits to Local Communities from National Park Visitation – 2011|url=http://www.nature.nps.gov/socialscience/docs/NPSSystemEstimates2011.pdf|website=United States. National Park Service, Department of the Interior|location=Washington, D.C.|access-date=April 17, 2013|archive-date=July 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706135908/http://www.nature.nps.gov/socialscience/docs/NPSSystemEstimates2011.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Despite these economic advantages in February 2025 in an effort to decrease federal spending over 1,000 NPS employees were fired, leaving many sites grossly understaffed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-02-18 |title=Trump's firing of 1,000 national park workers raises concerns about maintenance and operating hours |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-park-firings-doge-grand-teton-baedee0a748a6374eafb6f95aac5dadc |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>