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...Cloudcroft, Otero County, the U.S. Forest Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service came up with a broad local conservation plan--one of the first in the nation--designed to safeguard the butterfly on both public and private land. But with logging virtually gone, Cloudcroft relies on tourism, which draws hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to hike, camp, fish and hunt. Restrictions on human activity in the checkerspot's habitat would bode ill for a local economy already suffering in the recession. "Anybody who is young and trying to make a living in Cloudcroft works in the tourist...
...study emphasizes Harvard’s role as a benefactor to its local community in times of financial crisis. The University commissioned the 18-page report as an update to a similar 2004 study, said the report’s author Hugh O’Neill, founder and president of Appleseed, a New York consulting firm...
...study outlines the primary ways in which the institution contributes to the regional area and state: employment, local spending, research, and community outreach. The report is aimed at shining a light on how Harvard benefits the community beyond the perennially- controversial Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT), which is about $5.6 million to Cambridge, Boston, and Watertown...
...Ninety percent of the University’s $3.5 billion in annual revenue came from outside the Boston area, but more than 70 percent of its $2.6 billion in spending went into the local five-county region...
...Harvard spent $850 million in goods and services and $580 million in construction or renovation projects with Boston companies. This economic activity contributed more than $225 million in revenues for the state and local governments...