Outdoor recreation participation up 3 percent in U.S.

(Dec. 21, 2012) -- More than 90 million U.S. residents age 16 and older participated in some form of wildlife-related recreation in 2011, up three percent from five years earlier, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released Thursday. In total, wildlife recreationists spent $144.7 billion in 2011 on their activities, accounting for about one percent of the nation's gross domestic product.