Boston, MA: Every dollar Massachusetts spends on conservation returns $4 and supports jobs for hundreds of thousands of people, a study released Wednesday by The Trust for Public Land shows. View full report.
“These results showed conservation is an excellent investment and they are consistent with a dozen similar studies we have conducted across the nation in the past four years,” said Jessica Sargent, senior economist with The Trust for Public Land and author of the report. “Over and over again, from Maine to Arizona, we see that spending money on conservation protects jobs and shows a good return on investment,” she said.
