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More people hunting, fishing, U.S. Census Bureau says

More people hunting, fishing, U.S. Census Bureau says

 

More than 90 million U.S. residents age 16 and older participated in some form of wildlife-related recreation in 2011, up 3 percent from five years earlier, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. In total, outdoors enthusiasts spent $144.7 billion in 2011 on their activities — accounting for about 1 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product. Read more at the Times-Picayune.