Economic and Community Benefits of Protecting New Mexico's Inventoried Roadless Areas. CSE estimates that New Mexico's inventoried roadless areas on national forest lands generate tens of millions of dollars in economic benefits each year in the form of carbon sequestration, water filtration, backcountry recreation, game and non-game wildlife habitat, and scenery. We also found that counties with significant concentrations of roadless areas outperformed counties without by an average of 1.28% across four key economic performance measures. Prepared for Forest Guardians, Santa Fe. Read:

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